OILY

• (adj.) smeared or soiled with grease or oil

  "greasy coveralls", "get rid of rubbish and oily rags"

  synonyms : greasy

• (adj.) containing an unusual amount of grease or oil

  "greasy hamburgers", "oily fried potatoes", "oleaginous seeds"

  synonyms : greasy , oleaginous , sebaceous

• (adj.) coated or covered with oil

  "oily puddles in the streets"

• (adj.) unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech

  "buttery praise", "gave him a fulsome introduction", "an oily sycophantic press agent", "oleaginous hypocrisy", "smarmy self-importance", "the unctuous Uriah Heep", "soapy compliments"

  synonyms : buttery , fulsome , oleaginous , smarmy , soapy , unctuous

  the player's fulsome praise for the coach showed just how hard he was trying to be named captain of the team -added by nithi

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