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oilily, adv.|ˈɔɪlɪlɪ| [f. oily + -ly2.] 1. lit. Like oil; with the consistence or appearance of oil.
1872Tennyson Gareth & Lynette 795 Oilily bubbled up the mere. 1899Pall Mall Mag. Sept. 211 The river..slipped oilily past the wall below. 2. fig. Smoothly, blandly, flatteringly.
1862Thornbury Life Turner II. 251 Parrying the thrust with the ordinary tradesman's skill of fence..quietly and oilily suggested. 1889Chr. World Pulpit XXXV. 170 The love which smiles tolerantly and oilily upon all kinds of wrongs and insults. |