Oily
['ɒɪlɪ] or ['ɔɪli]
Definition
(adj.) coated or covered with oil; 'oily puddles in the streets' .
Typist: Rachel--From WordNet
Definition
(superl.) Consisting of oil; containing oil; having the nature or qualities of oil; unctuous; oleaginous; as, oily matter or substance.
(superl.) Covered with oil; greasy; hence, resembling oil; as, an oily appearance.
(superl.) Smoothly subservient; supple; compliant; plausible; insinuating.
Checker: Sheena
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Unctuous, greasy, oleaginous, sebaceous, adipose, fatty, fat.
Checker: Mortimer
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See OLEAGINOUS]
Editor: Trudy
Examples
- An inking roller, charged with an oily ink, is then passed over the stone and inks the drawing, but leaves all the other parts of the stone quite clean. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- For safety's sake, all oily cloths should be burned or kept in metal vessels. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- There was a responsive twittering and chirping--a low, oily laugh--a silence of a minute or so, and then I heard the opening of the house door. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The principle on which Lithography depends is the different chemical affinities of water for oily and for earthy substances, which cause it to run off from the one and adhere to the other. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Of its diamonds some have an oily lustre and are quite blue--many are of the finest quality and color. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Peace, my friends, says Chadband, rising and wiping the oily exudations from his reverend visage. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- At such times, his oily murmur of approval, Bravo! Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
Checker: Virgil