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Another word for oily

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Adjective

  1. Having the qualities of fat

    See also:

    fat

  2. Affectedly and self-servingly earnest

    See also:

    honest

    attitude

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Another word for oily

Modifier

  1. Rich with oil

    Antonyms:

  2. Having a surface suggestive of oil

    See also:

    smooth

    Antonyms:

  3. Unctuous

    See also:

    affected

    Antonyms:
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Sentence Examples

  • The coat is shaggy and oily, and is preferred with as little white as possible, but the general black coloration may have rusty shades.

  • Geuther, who showed that the chief product of the action of sodium on ethyl acetate was a sodium compound of composition C6H903Na, which on treatment with acids gave a colourless, somewhat oily liquid of composition C6H1003.

  • The brown testa contains, in the outer of the four coats into which it is microscopically distinguishable, an abundant secretion of mucilaginous matter; and it has within it a thin layer of albumen, enclosing a pair of large oily cotyledons.

  • Otterhounds are thick, woolly harriers with oily underfur.

  • The contents are of an oily nature, and when liquefied are of great commercial value.

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