oily

oil·y  (oil)

adj. oil·i·er, oil·i·est

1. Of or relating to oil.

2. Impregnated, smeared with, or containing oil; greasy.

3. Excessively suave in action or behavior; unctuous. See Synonyms at unctuous.

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oili·ly adv.

oili·ness n.

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oily [ˈɔɪlɪ]

adj oilier, oiliest

1. soaked in or smeared with oil or grease

2. consisting of, containing, or resembling oil

3. flatteringly servile or obsequious

oilily  adv

oiliness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	oily - containing an unusual amount of grease or oil; "greasy hamburgers"; "oily fried potatoes"; "oleaginous seeds" greasy, sebaceous, oleaginous fatty, fat - containing or composed of fat; "fatty food"; "fat tissue"
	2.	oily - unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech; "buttery praise"; "gave him a fulsome introduction"; "an oily sycophantic press agent"; "oleaginous hypocrisy"; "smarmy self-importance"; "the unctuous Uriah Heep"; "soapy compliments" buttery, fulsome, oleaginous, smarmy, unctuous, soapy insincere - lacking sincerity; "a charming but thoroughly insincere woman"; "their praise was extravagant and insincere"
	3.	oily - coated or covered with oil; "oily puddles in the streets" coated - having a coating; covered with an outer layer or film; often used in combination; "coated paper has a smooth polished coating especially suitable for halftone printing"; "sugar-coated pills"
	4.	oily - smeared or soiled with grease or oil; "greasy coveralls"; "get rid of rubbish and oily rags" greasy dirty, soiled, unclean - soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime; "dirty unswept sidewalks"; "a child in dirty overalls"; "dirty slums"; "piles of dirty dishes"; "put his dirty feet on the clean sheet"; "wore an unclean shirt"; "mining is a dirty job"; "Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves"

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oily

adjective

1. greasy, slick, slimy, fatty, slippery, oleaginous, smeary traces of an oily substance

2. sycophantic, smooth, flattering, slick, plausible, hypocritical, fawning, grovelling, glib, ingratiating, fulsome, deferential, servile, unctuous, obsequious, smarmy (Brit. informal), mealy-mouthed, toadying He asked in an oily voice what he could do for them today.

Translations

oily [ˈɔɪlɪ]

A. ADJ (oilier (compar) (oiliest (superl)))

1. (= greasy) [food] → aceitoso, grasiento, grasoso(LAm); [hands, rag] → grasiento, lleno de aceite; [skin, hair] → graso, grasoso(LAm); [road, beach] → lleno de aceite; [substance, liquid] → oleaginoso

2. (= smarmy) [person, voice] → zalamero, empalagoso

B. CPD oily fish N (Culin) → pescado m azul

oily [ˈɔɪli] adj

[rag] → graisseux/euse

[skin] → gras(se)

[food] → gras(se)
oily fish n → poisson m gras

oily

adj (+er)

→ ölig; hair, skin, food → fettig; clothes, fingers → voller Öl; oily fish → Fisch m → mit hohem Ölgehalt

(fig) → aalglatt, schleimig, ölig

oily [ˈɔɪlɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (liquid, consistency) → oleoso/a; (hands) → unto/a (fig) (pej) → untuoso/a

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oily [ˈɔɪlɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (liquid, consistency) → oleoso/a; (hands) → unto/a (fig) (pej) → untuoso/a