Found 2 items, similar to Oilier.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: oilier oily adj 1: containing an unusual amount of grease or oil; “greasy hamburgers”; “oily fried potatoes”; “oleaginous seeds” [syn: greasy, sebaceous, oleaginous] 2: unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech; “buttery praise”; “gave him a fulsome introduction”; “an oily sycophantic press agent”; “oleaginous hypocrisy”; “smarmy self-importance”; “the unctuous Uriah Heep” [syn: buttery, fulsome, oleaginous, smarmy, unctuous] 3: coated or covered with oil; “oily puddles in the streets” 4: smeared or soiled with grease or oil; “greasy coveralls”; “get rid of rubbish and oily rags” [syn: greasy] [also: oiliest, oilier] oilier See oily
English → English (gcide) Definition: Oilier Oily \Oil"y\, a. [Compar. Oilier; superl. Oiliest.] 1. Consisting of oil; containing oil; having the nature or qualities of oil; unctuous; oleaginous; as, oily matter or substance. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. Covered with oil; greasy; hence, resembling oil; as, an oily appearance. [1913 Webster] 3. Smoothly subservient; supple; compliant; plausible; insinuating. “This oily rascal.” --Shak. [1913 Webster] His oily compliance in all alterations. --Fuller. [1913 Webster] Oily grain (Bot.), the sesame. Oily palm, the oil palm. [1913 Webster]