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oil·y
(oi′lē)adj. oil·i·er, oil·i·est
1.
a. Of or relating to oil.
b. Impregnated, smeared with, or containing oil; greasy.
2. Excessively suave or ingratiating. See Synonyms at unctuous.
oil′i·ly adv.
oil′i·ness n.
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oily
(ˈɔɪlɪ)adj, oilier or oiliest
1. soaked in or smeared with oil or grease
2. consisting of, containing, or resembling oil
3. flatteringly servile or obsequious
ˈoilily adv
ˈoiliness n
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oil•y
(ˈɔɪ li)adj. oil•i•er, oil•i•est.
1. smeared or covered with oil; greasy.
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.
[1520–30]
oil′i•ly, adv.
oil′i•ness, n.
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| Adj. | 1. | oily - containing an unusual amount of grease or oil; "greasy hamburgers"; "oily fried potatoes"; "oleaginous seeds" |
| 2. | oily - unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech; "buttery praise"; "gave him a fulsome introduction"; "an oily sycophantic press agent"; "oleaginous hypocrisy"; "smarmy self-importance"; "the unctuous Uriah Heep"; "soapy compliments" insincere - lacking sincerity; "a charming but thoroughly insincere woman"; "their praise was extravagant and insincere" | |
| 3. | oily - coated or covered with oil; "oily puddles in the streets" coated - having a coating; covered with an outer layer or film; often used in combination; "coated paper has a smooth polished coating especially suitable for halftone printing"; "sugar-coated pills" | |
| 4. | oily - smeared or soiled with grease or oil; "greasy coveralls"; "get rid of rubbish and oily rags" dirty, soiled, unclean - soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime; "dirty unswept sidewalks"; "a child in dirty overalls"; "dirty slums"; "piles of dirty dishes"; "put his dirty feet on the clean sheet"; "wore an unclean shirt"; "mining is a dirty job"; "Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves" |
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oily
adjective
2. sycophantic, smooth, flattering, slick, plausible, hypocritical, fawning, grovelling, glib, ingratiating, fulsome, deferential, servile, unctuous, obsequious, smarmy (Brit. informal), mealy-mouthed, toadying He asked in an oily voice what he could do for them today.
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oily
adjective2. Affectedly and self-servingly earnest:
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Translations
زَيْتيمُتَمَلِّق
olejnatýolejovýpodlézavý
slesk
öljyinen
kenetesolajos
olíu-, olíukenndursmeîjulegur
olejovýzamastený
oljnat
oily
[ˈɔɪlɪ]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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oily
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
oily
[ˈɔɪlɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (liquid, consistency) → oleoso/a; (hands) → unto/a (fig) (pej) → untuoso/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
oil
(oil) noun a usually thick liquid that will not mix with water, obtained from plants, animals and minerals. olive oil; whale oil; vegetable oil; cooking oil; He put some oil on the hinges of the door; The car's engine is in need of oil.
verb to put oil on or into. The machine will work better if it's oiled.
oils noun plural oil paint. He paints in oils.
ˈoily adjective1. of, like or covered with oil. an oily liquid; an oily rag.
2. trying to be too friendly or polite. The waiters in that restaurant are too oily.
ˈoilfield noun a place where mineral oil is found. There are oilfields in the North Sea.
oil paint paint made with oil. Some artists prefer to use oil paint(s).
oil painting a picture painted with oil paints.
oil palm a palm tree whose fruit and seeds yield oil.
ˈoil-rig noun a structure used to drill oil-wells. The ship sailed past an enormous oil-rig.
ˈoil-tanker noun a ship used for carrying oil. An oil-tanker has run aground near here.
ˈoil-well noun a hole drilled into the earth or the sea-bed to obtain petroleum.
strike oil to find oil under the ground. After drilling for several months, they finally struck oil; We've struck oil (= found what we have been looking for) in our search for a suitable house.
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oily
a. grasoso-a, grasiento-a, oleaginoso-a, lubricante.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
- I have oily hair (US)
I have greasy hair (UK)
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oily
adj graso, grasoso; — complexion cutis graso; — hair cabello graso; — skin piel grasa or grasosaEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.