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oily adjective [ ˈɔɪli ]

• containing oil.
• "taramasalata and hummus are both oily and rich"
Similar: greasy, fatty, buttery, swimming in oil/fat, oleaginous,
• (of a person or their behaviour) unpleasantly smooth and ingratiating.
• "his oily smile"
Similar: unctuous, fawning, ingratiating, smooth, smooth-talking, fulsome, flattering, glib, obsequious, sycophantic, soapy, oleaginous, servile, subservient, smarmy, slimy, sucky, saponaceous,


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