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oily

adjective

1 his dark oily skin | oily substances:

greasy, oleaginous;

slippery, slimy;

technical sebaceous, pinguid, unctuous.

2 a plateful of oily moussaka:

greasy, fatty, buttery, swimming in oil/fat, oleaginous.

3 an oily man with plump little hands:

unctuous, fawning, ingratiating, smooth, smooth-talking, fulsome, flattering, glib, obsequious, sycophantic, soapy, oleaginous, servile, subservient;

informal smarmy, slimy, sucky;

rare saponaceous.

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