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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (4)

1. containing an unusual amount of grease or oil;
- Example: "greasy hamburgers"
- Example: "oily fried potatoes"
- Example: "oleaginous seeds"
[syn: greasy, oily, sebaceous, oleaginous]

2. unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech;
- Example: "buttery praise"
- Example: "gave him a fulsome introduction"
- Example: "an oily sycophantic press agent"
- Example: "oleaginous hypocrisy"
- Example: "smarmy self-importance"
- Example: "the unctuous Uriah Heep"
- Example: "soapy compliments"
[syn: buttery, fulsome, oily, oleaginous, smarmy, soapy, unctuous]

3. coated or covered with oil;
- Example: "oily puddles in the streets"

4. smeared or soiled with grease or oil;
- Example: "greasy coveralls"
- Example: "get rid of rubbish and oily rags"
[syn: greasy, oily]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Oily \Oil"y\, a. [Compar. Oilier; superl. Oiliest.] 1. Consisting of oil; containing oil; having the nature or qualities of oil; unctuous; oleaginous; as, oily matter or substance. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. Covered with oil; greasy; hence, resembling oil; as, an oily appearance. [1913 Webster] 3. Smoothly subservient; supple; compliant; plausible; insinuating. "This oily rascal." --Shak. [1913 Webster] His oily compliance in all alterations. --Fuller. [1913 Webster] Oily grain (Bot.), the sesame. Oily palm, the oil palm. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

oily adj 1: containing an unusual amount of grease or oil; "greasy hamburgers"; "oily fried potatoes"; "oleaginous seeds" [syn: greasy, oily, sebaceous, oleaginous] 2: 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" [syn: buttery, fulsome, oily, oleaginous, smarmy, soapy, unctuous] 3: coated or covered with oil; "oily puddles in the streets" 4: smeared or soiled with grease or oil; "greasy coveralls"; "get rid of rubbish and oily rags" [syn: greasy, oily]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

86 Moby Thesaurus words for "oily": Pecksniffian, adipose, adulatory, bland, blandishing, blarneying, blubbery, buttery, butyraceous, cajoling, canting, chrismal, chrismatory, complimentary, courtierly, courtly, disarming, fair-spoken, fat, fatty, fawning, fine-spoken, flattering, fulsome, glib, goody-goody, greased, greasy, gushing, holier-than-thou, honey-mouthed, honey-tongued, honeyed, hypocritic, hypocritical, ingratiating, insincere, insinuating, lardaceous, lardy, lubric, lubricated, lubricious, mealymouthed, mucoid, obsequious, oiled, oily-tongued, oleaginous, oleic, pharisaic, pharisean, rich, sanctimonious, sebaceous, servile, simon-pure, sleek, slick, sliddery, slimy, slippery, slippy, slithery, slobbery, smarmy, smooth, smooth-spoken, smooth-tongued, smug, soaped, soapy, soft-soaping, soft-spoken, sophisticated, suave, suave-spoken, suety, sycophantic, tallowy, unctuous, unguent, unguentary, unguentous, urbane, wheedling