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oily Adjective [oilier, oiliest] 1. soaked or covered with oil 2. of, containing, or like oil 3. attempting to gain favour by insincere behaviour and flattery oiliness n
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oily adjective 2. sycophantic, smooth, flattering, slick, plausible, hypocritical, fawning, grovelling, glib, ingratiating, fulsome, deferential, servile, unctuous, obsequious, smarmy Brit. (informal) mealy-mouthed, toadying How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Moreover, as that of Heidelburgh was always replenished with the most excellent of the wines of the Rhenish valleys, so the tun of the whale contains by far the most precious of all his oily vintages; namely, the highly-prized spermaceti, in its absolutely pure, limpid, and odoriferous state. She felt she would love to see somebody entangle their fingers in the oily beard of the fat foreigner who owned the establishment. I crouched in the bottom of the dingey, stunned, and staring blankly at the vacant, oily sea. |
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