OILY as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • smeared or soiled with grease or oil
   Synonym(s)
   • greasy (what does greasy mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • greasy coveralls
   • get rid of rubbish and oily rags
   Similar To
   • dirty (what does dirty mean?)
   • soiled (what does soiled mean?)
   • unclean (what does unclean mean?)
2. Meaning
   • containing an unusual amount of grease or oil
   Synonym(s)
   • greasy (what does greasy mean?)
   • oleaginous (what does oleaginous mean?)
   • sebaceous (what does sebaceous mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • greasy hamburgers
   • oily fried potatoes
   • oleaginous seeds
   Similar To
   • fatty (what does fatty mean?)
   • fat (what does fat mean?)
3. Meaning
   • coated or covered with oil
   Usage Example(s)
   • oily puddles in the streets
   Similar To
   • coated (what does coated mean?)
4. Meaning
   • unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech
   Synonym(s)
   • buttery (what does buttery mean?)
   • fulsome (what does fulsome mean?)
   • oleaginous (what does oleaginous mean?)
   • smarmy (what does smarmy mean?)
   • unctuous (what does unctuous mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • buttery praise
   • gave him a fulsome introduction
   • an oily sycophantic press agent
   • oleaginous hypocrisy
   • smarmy self-importance
   • the unctuous Uriah Heep
   Similar To
   • insincere (what does insincere mean?)