oily
pronunciation
How to pronounce oily in British English:
UK [ˈɔɪli]
How to pronounce oily in American English:
US [ˈɔɪli]
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- Adjective:
- containing an unusual amount of grease or oil
- unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech
- coated or covered with oil
- smeared or soiled with grease or oil
Word Origin
- oily (adj.)
- 1520s, from oil (n.) + -y (2). Figurative meaning "smooth, unctuous" is from 1590s. Related: Oiliness.
Example
- 1. What 's a man with oily hair to do ?
- 2. As pan had said , none of this was oily or overly sweet .
- 3. Choose oily fish such as salmon , sardines , anchovies , herring , and mackerel .
- 4. After specialising in oily villains he found overnight stardom as the argentinian hero of the first world war epic the four horsemen of the apocalypse .
- 5. Oily hair can be a real annoyance .