Word Meanings - OILY - Book Publishers vocabulary database
1. Consisting of oil; containing oil; having the nature or qualities of oil; unctuous; oleaginous; as, oily matter or substance. Bacon. 2. Covered with oil; greasy; hence, resembling oil; as, an oily appearance. 3. Smoothly subservient; supple;
Additional info about word: OILY
1. Consisting of oil; containing oil; having the nature or qualities of oil; unctuous; oleaginous; as, oily matter or substance. Bacon. 2. Covered with oil; greasy; hence, resembling oil; as, an oily appearance. 3. Smoothly subservient; supple; compliant; plausible; insinuating. "This oily rascal." Shak. His oily compliance in all alterations. Fuller. Oily grain , the sesame. -- Oily palm, the oil palm.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of OILY)
- Oleaginous
- Oily
- unctuous
- pulchritudinous
- Smooth
- Even
- plain
- level
- flat
- polished
- glossy
- sleek
- soft
- unruffled
- unobstructed
- bland
- oily
- suave
- Unctuous
- smooth
- fawning
- flattering
- fulsome
- sycophantic
- complimentary
Possible antonyms: (opposite words of OILY)
Related words: (words related to OILY)
- SMOOTHEN
To make smooth. - FLATTER
1. One who, or that which, makes flat or flattens. A flat-faced fulling hammer. A drawplate with a narrow, rectangular orifice, for drawing flat strips, as watch springs, etc. - BLANDLY
In a bland manner; mildly; suavely. - SMOOTHNESS
Quality or state of being smooth. - BLANDNESS
The state or quality of being bland. - FAWNINGLY
In a fawning manner. - PLAINTIVE
1. Repining; complaining; lamenting. Dryden. 2. Expressive of sorrow or melancholy; mournful; sad. "The most plaintive ditty." Landor. -- Plain"tive*ly, adv. -- Plain"tive*ness, n. - POLISHMENT
The act of polishing, or the state of being polished. - LEVELER
1. One who, or that which, levels. 2. One who would remove social inequalities or distinctions; a socialist. - LEVEL
libella level, water level, a plumb level, dim. of libra pound, measure for liquids, balance, water poise, level. Cf. Librate, 1. A line or surface to which, at every point, a vertical or plumb line is perpendicular; a line or surface which is - PLAINTIFF
One who commences a personal action or suit to obtain a remedy for an injury to his rights; -- opposed to Ant: defendant. (more info) French equiv. to plaignant complainant, prosecutor, fr. plaindre. See - FLATTERY
The act or practice of flattering; the act of pleasing by artiful commendation or compliments; adulation; false, insincere, or excessive praise. Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present. Rambler. Flattery corrupts both the receiver - SMOOTH-CHINNED
Having a smooth chin; beardless. Drayton. - OLEAGINOUSNESS
Oiliness. Boyle. - SMOOTHLY
In a smooth manner. - POLISHED
Made smooth and glossy, as by friction; hence, highly finished; refined; polite; as, polished plate; polished manners; polished verse. - GRADUATED
Tapered; -- said of a bird's tail when the outer feathers are shortest, and the others successively longer. Graduated tube, bottle, cap, or glass, a vessel, usually of glass, having horizontal marks upon its sides, with figures, to indicate the - PLAINT
A private memorial tendered to a court, in which a person sets forth his cause of action; the exhibiting of an action in writing. Blackstone. (more info) planctum , to beat, beat the breast, lament. Cf. 1. Audible expression of sorrow; - PLAINLY
In a plain manner; clearly. - FLATTERINGLY
With flattery. - BEFLATTER
To flatter excessively. - SEA LEVEL
The level of the surface of the sea; any surface on the same level with the sea. - REPOLISH
To polish again. - OUTFAWN
To exceed in fawning. - CHAMPLAIN PERIOD
A subdivision of the Quaternary age immediately following the Glacial period; -- so named from beds near Lake Champlain. Note: The earlier deposits of this period are diluvial in character, as if formed in connection with floods attending - UNDERFURROW
To cover as under a furrow; to plow in; as, to underfurrow seed or manure. - EXPLAIN
out+plandare to make level or plain, planus plain: cf. OF. esplaner, 1. To flatten; to spread out; to unfold; to expand. The horse-chestnut is . . . ready to explain its leaf. Evelyn. 2. To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear