- a word derived from unctuous.
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Unctuously referring to Dirksen as "one of the most ariose, mellifluous, dulcifluent orators" in the upper house.
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Unctuously, Solis congratulated Demetrio on the feats that had won him fame and the notice of Pancho Villa's northern division.
From The Underdogs, a Story of the Mexican Revolution by MunguĂa, E. (Enrique)