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oily
[ oi-lee ]
oily
/ ˈɔɪlɪ /
adjective
- soaked in or smeared with oil or grease
- consisting of, containing, or resembling oil
- flatteringly servile or obsequious
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Derived Forms
- ˈoiliness, noun
- ˈoilily, adverb
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Other Words From
- oili·ness noun
- non·oily adjective
- un·oily adjective
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Example Sentences
It is oily, dark and almost rotten tasting, but it did not make me unwell.
Like a muffaletta, the bread must be chewy enough to stay tough when wrapped around oily foods.
The meat glistened seductively with melted butter, piled high and steaming on top of a crisp, oily split-top bun.
In the lean rainy season, the women switched out meat and oily sauces for vegetables.
I always thought Ari Fleischer and Lanny Davis (two of the “experts” advising Snyder on PR) were oily.
She was in a dream of oily odours and monstrous iron constructions, dominated by the grand foreman: and Edwin was in the dream.
Captain Vane came from the observatory, his face blazing with excitement and oily with heat, to announce the fact.
The flavor is rich and mellow; a little more oily than Havana leaf.
Immediately, the liquid became pure and colorless and the surface indicated a distinctly oily film.
This fire is built of oily nuts found in the forest, and the thick smoke arises through what would be the neck of the bottle.
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