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oily
adjective
1 oily
Containing an unusual amount of grease or oil:
— Oily fried potatoes.
synonyms: greasy, oleaginous, sebaceous.
Roget 174:
moderate;
lenient
etc.
740;
gentle,
mild,
mellow;
cool,
sober,
temperate,
reasonable,
measured;
tempered
etc.
v.;
calm,
unruffled,
quiet,
tranquil,
still;
slow,
smooth,
untroubled;
tame;
peaceful,
peaceable;
pacific,
halcyon.
unexciting,
unirritating†;
soft,
bland,
oily,
demulcent,
lenitive,
anodyne;
hypnotic
etc.
683;
sedative;
antiorgastic†,
anaphrodisiac†.
mild as mother's milk;
milk and water.
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Roget 894:
courteous,
polite,
civil,
mannerly,
urbane;
well-behaved,
well-mannered,
well-bred,
well-brought up;
good-mannered,
polished,
civilized,
cultivated;
refined
etc.
(taste)
850;
gentlemanlike
etc.
(fashion)
852†;
gallant;
on one's good behavior.
fine spoken,
fair spoken,
soft-spoken;
honey-mouthed,
honey-tongued;
oily,
bland;
obliging,
conciliatory,
complaisant,
complacent;
obsequious
etc.
886.
ingratiating,
winning;
gentle,
mild;
good-humored,
cordial,
gracious,
affable,
familiar;
neighborly.
diplomatic,
tactful,
politic;
artful
etc.
702.
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Roget 255:
smooth;
polished
etc.
v.;
leiodermatous†,
slick,
velutinous†;
even;
level
etc.
213;
plane
etc.
(flat)
251;
sleek,
glossy;
silken,
silky;
lanate†,
downy,
velvety;
glabrous,
slippery,
glassy,
lubricous,
oily,
soft,
unwrinkled†;
smooth as glass,
smooth as ice,
smooth as monumental alabaster,
smooth as velvet,
smooth as oil;
slippery as an eel;
woolly
etc.
(feathery)
256.
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Roget 355:
unctuous,
oily,
oleaginous,
adipose,
sebaceous;
unguinous†;
fat,
fatty,
greasy;
waxy,
butyraceous,
soapy,
saponaceous†,
pinguid,
lardaceous†;
slippery.
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Polish: oleisty
2 oily
Unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech:
— An oily sycophantic press agent.
synonyms: buttery, fulsome, oleaginous, smarmy, soapy, unctuous.
Roget 933:
flattering
etc.
v.;
adulatory;
mealy-mouthed,
honey-mouthed;
honeyed;
smooth,
smooth-tongued;
soapy,
oily,
unctuous,
blandiloquent†,
specious;
fine-spoken,
fair spoken;
plausible,
servile,
sycophantic,
fulsome;
courtierly†,
courtier-like.
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Roget 886:
servile,
obsequious;
supple,
supple as a glove;
soapy,
oily,
pliant,
cringing,
abased,
dough-faced,
fawning,
slavish,
groveling,
sniveling,
mealy-mouthed;
beggarly,
sycophantic,
parasitical;
abject,
prostrate,
down on ones marrowbones;
base,
mean,
sneaking;
crouching
etc.
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3 oily
Coated or covered with oil.
Polish: oleisty
4 oily
Smeared or soiled with grease or oil:
— Get rid of rubbish and oily rags.
synonym: greasy.
Polish: tłusty, zatłuszczony, przetłuszczony
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