oily

oily
    adj 1: containing an unusual amount of grease or oil; "greasy
           hamburgers"; "oily fried potatoes"; "oleaginous seeds"
           [syn: {greasy}, {oily}, {sebaceous}, {oleaginous}]
    2: 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" [syn: {buttery}, {fulsome},
       {oily}, {oleaginous}, {smarmy}, {soapy}, {unctuous}]
    3: coated or covered with oil; "oily puddles in the streets"
    4: smeared or soiled with grease or oil; "greasy coveralls";
       "get rid of rubbish and oily rags" [syn: {greasy}, {oily}]
    

Oily \Oil"y\, a. [Compar. {Oilier}; superl. {Oiliest}.]
   1. Consisting of oil; containing oil; having the nature or
      qualities of oil; unctuous; oleaginous; as, oily matter or
      substance. --Bacon.
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   2. Covered with oil; greasy; hence, resembling oil; as, an
      oily appearance.
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   3. Smoothly subservient; supple; compliant; plausible;
      insinuating. "This oily rascal." --Shak.
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            His oily compliance in all alterations. --Fuller.
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   {Oily grain} (Bot.), the sesame.

   {Oily palm}, the oil palm.
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86 Moby Thesaurus words for "oily":
      Pecksniffian, adipose, adulatory, bland, blandishing, blarneying,
      blubbery, buttery, butyraceous, cajoling, canting, chrismal,
      chrismatory, complimentary, courtierly, courtly, disarming,
      fair-spoken, fat, fatty, fawning, fine-spoken, flattering, fulsome,
      glib, goody-goody, greased, greasy, gushing, holier-than-thou,
      honey-mouthed, honey-tongued, honeyed, hypocritic, hypocritical,
      ingratiating, insincere, insinuating, lardaceous, lardy, lubric,
      lubricated, lubricious, mealymouthed, mucoid, obsequious, oiled,
      oily-tongued, oleaginous, oleic, pharisaic, pharisean, rich,
      sanctimonious, sebaceous, servile, simon-pure, sleek, slick,
      sliddery, slimy, slippery, slippy, slithery, slobbery, smarmy,
      smooth, smooth-spoken, smooth-tongued, smug, soaped, soapy,
      soft-soaping, soft-spoken, sophisticated, suave, suave-spoken,
      suety, sycophantic, tallowy, unctuous, unguent, unguentary,
      unguentous, urbane, wheedling