OILY

oily. Oily, a. containing oil, greasy, rich, glib, smooth

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