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greasy adjective [ ˈɡriːsi ]

• covered with, resembling, or produced by grease or oil.
• "he wiped his greasy fingers"
Similar: oily, shiny, glossy,
Opposite: dry,
• (of a person or their manner) unpleasantly or insincerely polite or ingratiating.
• "the greasy little man from the newspaper"
Similar: ingratiating, fawning, grovelling, sycophantic, toadying, obsequious, cringing, flattering, effusive, gushing, gushy, abject, truckling, self-effacing, Uriah Heepish, unctuous, oily, smooth-tongued, smooth, glib, suave, slick, reptilian, slimy, smarmy, bootlicking, all over someone, soapy, sucky,


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