li adjective
1.
smeared or covered with oil; greasy: an oily road surface.
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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oily (ˈɔɪlɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —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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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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