oilyadjective
uk/ˈɔɪ.li/us/ˈɔɪ.li/oily adjective (WITH OIL)
consisting of or similar to oil:
an oily liquid
covered in oil or containing a lot of oil:
an oily rag
oily fish
I have oily skin (= it produces a lot of oil).
oily adjective (TOO FRIENDLY)
too friendly and polite in a way that is not sincere
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Affected & insincere
- affectation
- affected
- artificial
- artsy-fartsy
- arty-farty
- cheesy
- fey
- forced
- glib
- histrionic
- histrionics
- meretricious
- pious
- precocious
- pretension
- pretentious
- pseud
- pseudo-
- slick
- theatrical
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