oilily
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adverb
[edit]oilily (comparative more oilily, superlative most oilily)
- Flatteringly, obsequiously. [from 19th c.]
- In an oily way; with the appearance or consistency of oil. [from 19th c.]
- 1871, Gail Hamilton, Gala-days, page 191:
- […] the nicest young man that ever was, — daintily gloved, patently booted, oilily curled, snowily wristbanded, with a lovely cambric (prima facie) handkerchief bound about his hyacinthine locks and polished hat.
- 1952, Doris Lessing, Martha Quest, Panther, published 1974, page 158:
- The tarmac road glistened oilily, the sun poured down, there was a strong smell of warm tar.
Translations
[edit]in an oily way
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