unctuous

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A core subplot in the film involves Ella’s father, played with an unctuous, desperate charm by Harrelson, reappearing in her life after many years with his own agenda.

From Los Angeles Times

Its leaves smell rich and muddy, but with an unctuous trace of rose-flavored Turkish delight.

From New York Times

Presumably West is going to run as the One True Texas Trumper, but it's hard to see how he can be any more unctuous and sycophantic than Abbott.

From Salon

Johnson’s unctuous frolic, demeaning a woman with more artistic talent in her pinky than in his whole body, has everything to do with misogyny.

From Los Angeles Times

The volunteers ate the unctuous foods, and nothing else, for five days and visited the lab for more tests.

From New York Times