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oily
adjective as in fatty, greasy
adjective as in flattering
Example Sentences
They expect to begin reporting recovery totals Thursday morning, though those numbers will likely reflect an “oily water mixture,” not pure crude.
A massive wall of slick, oily scales bursts out of the water.
Flames spread through the floating rubble and across the oily surface of the water.
Walker agrees and likens it to the fact you can't remove an oily or dirty mark from clothes with just water, you need detergent too.
When I hear the door close from their exit, I peel myself up from the warm table and marvel at the oily outline my body has left on the sheet.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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