OILY
\ˈɔ͡ɪli], \ˈɔɪli], \ˈɔɪ_l_i]\
Definitions of OILY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
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containing an unusual amount of grease or oil; "greasy hamburgers"; "oily fried potatoes"; "oleaginous seeds"
By Princeton University
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containing an unusual amount of grease or oil; "greasy hamburgers"; "oily fried potatoes"; "oleaginous seeds"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Consisting of oil; containing oil; having the nature or qualities of oil; unctuous; oleaginous; as, oily matter or substance.
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Covered with oil; greasy; hence, resembling oil; as, an oily appearance.
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Smoothly subservient; supple; compliant; plausible; insinuating.
By Oddity Software
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Consisting of oil; containing oil; having the nature or qualities of oil; unctuous; oleaginous; as, oily matter or substance.
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Covered with oil; greasy; hence, resembling oil; as, an oily appearance.
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Smoothly subservient; supple; compliant; plausible; insinuating.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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