| ADJECTIVE | all | oily, greasy, sebaceous, oleaginous | containing an unusual amount of grease or oil |
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| all | oily, buttery, fulsome, oleaginous, smarmy, soapy, unctuous | unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech | |
| all | oily | coated or covered with oil | |
| all | oily, greasy | smeared or soiled with grease or oil |
| Sounds | oy'liy | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | ably ... zealously: 1543 rhymes with liy... | |
| Meaning | Containing an unusual amount of grease or oil. | |
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| Example | "oily fried potatoes" | |
| Synonyms | greasy, sebaceous, oleaginous | |
| Broader | fatty, fat | Containing or composed of fat / fat |
| Spanish | aceitoso, gordo, grasiento, grasoso, oleaginoso, oleoso, sebáceo | |
| Catalan | gras, greixinós, greixós, oleaginós, oliós, sebaci | |
| Nouns | oil | any of a group of liquid edible fats that are obtained from plants |
| oiliness | consisting of or covered with oil | |
| Meaning | unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech. | |
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| Example | "an oily sycophantic press agent" | |
| Synonyms | buttery, fulsome, oleaginous, smarmy, soapy, unctuous | |
| Broader | insincere | lacking sincerity |
| Spanish | cobista, meloso, zalamero | |
| Nouns | oiliness | smug self-serving earnestness |
| Meaning | coated or covered with oil. | |
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| Example | "oily puddles in the streets" | |
| Broader | coated | Having a coating / coating |
| Nouns | oil | a slippery or viscous liquid / liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water |
| oiliness | consisting of or covered with oil | |
| Meaning | smeared or soiled with grease or oil. | |
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| Example | "get rid of rubbish and oily rags" | |
| Synonym | greasy | |
| Broader | dirty, soiled, unclean | Soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime |
| Spanish | grasoso | |
| Nouns | oiliness | consisting of or covered with oil |
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