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oily   (TTS Sound)

The adj oily has 4 senses

• greasy, oily, sebaceous, oleaginous -- (containing an unusual amount of grease or oil; "greasy hamburgers"; "oily fried potatoes"; "oleaginous seeds")


• buttery, fulsome, oily, oleaginous, smarmy, soapy, unctuous -- (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")


• oily -- (coated or covered with oil; "oily puddles in the streets")


• greasy, oily -- (smeared or soiled with grease or oil; "greasy coveralls"; "get rid of rubbish and oily rags")