oily

Oznaczający (English)

Adj

1. Relating to or resembling oil.
2. Covered with or containing oil.
3. Excessively friendly or polite but insincere.

Noun

1. A marble with an oily lustre.
2. (informal) Oilskins. (waterproof garment)

Synonyms

greasy

unctuous

fatty

oleaginous

fat

buttery

oil

rich

🤑

oiled

creamy

sebaceous

oily rag

smoothtongued

slick

adipose

slippery

cunning

smarmy

dirty

soapy

fulsome

oil-bearing

suety

tallowy

tasty

unctuosity

unethical

glib-tongued

sebum

brimming with melted fat

oil-based

oleic

unguentary

clatty

butter

🧈

butyraceous

emulsive

evasive

flattering

flip

glib

grease

greased

gunky

ingratiating

lard

lardy

lubricated

pinguid

saponaceous

shiny

sleek

sly

smooth

soft

Wymawiane jako (IPA)

/ˈɔɪli/

Etymologia (English)

Inherited from średnioangielski: oylei

Cognate with niemiecki: ölig

Cognate with szwedzki: oljig

In summary

From Middle English oylei, equivalent to oil + -y. Compare German ölig (“oily”), Swedish oljig (“oily”).