American English pronunciation
How to pronounce oily
IPA transcription: ['ɔɪli]
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['ɔɪli]
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['ɔɪli]
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['ɔɪli]
Quality: 0.97
Adjective
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containing an unusual amount of grease or oil
“greasy hamburgers”
“oily fried potatoes”
“oleaginous seeds”
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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”
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coated or covered with oil
“oily puddles in the streets”
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smeared or soiled with grease or oil
“greasy coveralls”
“get rid of rubbish and oily rags”
Usage examples
- The cars were oily and greasy, the body panels were ill-fitting.
- Preening is vital in facilitating insulation and in keeping the plumage oily and water-repellent.
- Chemically, cosmoline is a homogeneous mixture of oily and waxy long-chain, non-polar hydrocarbons.
- White spirit is quite useful for removing oily stains
- Coconut oil is important for consumption while the oily meat called copra, is sold.
- White spirit is quite useful for removing oily stains
- White spirit is quite useful for removing oily stains