oil·y

[oi-lee] adjective, oil·i·er, oil·i·est, adverb
adjective
1.
smeared or covered with oil; greasy: an oily road surface.
2.
of the nature of, consisting of, or resembling oil.
3.
of or pertaining to oil.
4.
full of or containing oil.
5.
smooth or unctuous, as in manner or speech: an oily hypocrite.
adverb
6.
in an oily manner.
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a fool or simpleton; ninny.

Origin:
1520–30; oil + -y1

oil·i·ness, noun
non·oil·y, adjective
un·oil·y, adjective


5. fawning, smarmy, bootlicking.
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oily (ˈɔɪlɪ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj , oilier, oiliest
1.  soaked in or smeared with oil or grease
2.  consisting of, containing, or resembling oil
3.  flatteringly servile or obsequious
 
'oilily
 
adv
 
'oiliness
 
n

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oily
1520s, from oil + -y (2). Figurative meaning smooth, unctuous is from 1590s.
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Example sentences
The noodles, when they're served, are elastic and covered in an oily meat sauce.
The dumped water has an oily residue that destroys the insulating properties of
  penguin feathers.
Once this oily genie is out of the bottle, there is no pushing him back in.
The water itself sported a rainbow sheen, whereas mud in the tidal flats
  changed from yellow to an oily gray.
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