OILY • DICCIONARIO INGLES.COM • Definition of Oily

Add this Dictionary
to your website!
See more options...

/ˈɔɪli/ Listen

Oily

adjective

(compar. oilier; superl. oiliest)

Containing an unusual amount of grease or oil. Synonyms: greasy, oleaginous, sebaceous. "Oily fried potatoes" , "Oleaginous seeds"

Unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech. Synonyms: buttery, fulsome, oleaginous, smarmy, soapy, unctuous. "Gave him a fulsome introduction" , "An oily sycophantic press agent" , "Oleaginous hypocrisy" , "Smarmy self-importance" , "The unctuous Uriah Heep" , "Soapy compliments"

Coated or covered with oil.

Smeared or soiled with grease or oil. Synonym: greasy. "Get rid of rubbish and oily rags"

See more definitions of Oily...

See images of 'Oily'

Etymology of 'Oily'

Share |

"Oily" Quotes from Famous Books

... and the parading of the shop, was to be the work of Jones. His ambition had never soared above that, and while serving in the house on Snow Hill, his utmost envy had been excited by the youthful aspirant who there walked the boards, and with an oily courtesy handed chairs to the ladies. For one short week he had been allowed to enter this Paradise. "And though I looked so sweet on them," said he, "I always had my eye on them. It's a grand thing to be down on a well-dressed woman as she's hiding a roll ...

— The Struggles of Brown, Jones, and Robinson - By One of the Firm • Anthony Trollope

... two layers, the top of which consists of the nitrobenzene which has been produced, together with some benzene which is still unacted upon. The mixture is then freed from the latter by treatment with a current of steam. Nitrobenzene presents itself as a yellowish oily liquid, with a peculiar taste as of bitter almonds. It was formerly in great demand by perfumers, but its poisonous properties render it a dangerous substance to deal with. In practice a given quantity of benzene will yield about 150 per cent of nitrobenzene. ...

— The Story of a Piece of Coal - What It Is, Whence It Comes, and Whither It Goes • Edward A. Martin

... one pound of the best almonds, blanched and pounded very fine; pound them with the yolks of twelve eggs, boiled hard, mixing as you pound them with a little of the soup, lest the almonds should grow oily. Pound them till they are a mere pulp: add a little soup by degrees to the almonds and eggs until mixed together. Let the soup be cool when you mix it, and do it perfectly smooth. Strain it through a sieve; set it on the fire; stir ...

— The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory; • Charlotte Campbell Bury

... edge they parted the bushes and looked down upon the oily-flowing brown flood. It was some thirty feet broad and with the melting of the snows in the mountains was so deep that no sign was apparent here of the rocks which ...

— Hiram The Young Farmer • Burbank L. Todd

... unscrewed it, and took out the documents more precious to him than the treasures of a hundred Captain Kidds. Instantly, he returned to the window. Nothing was missing. But here was something he had never noticed before. On the face of the slip of parchment—a diagram, dim and faded—was an oily thumb-mark. The oil from the lock; nothing more; doubtless he himself had touched it. How many times had he found an unknown touch among his few belongings? How often had he smiled? Still, to quell all rising doubts, he rubbed his right thumb ...

— A Splendid Hazard • Harold MacGrath

More quotes...