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Significats de unctuous en anglès

Unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech.

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      Ús de unctuous en anglès
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      Varys slithered to his feet, smiling in that unctuous way he had.
      A clash of kings
      2
      John Michael Higgins is all unctuous anxiety as Evan's chief of staff.
      Reuters
      3
      Canadian Shakespearean actor Douglas Rain won the role with neutral, unctuous tones.
      Wired
      4
      But such a man is all the more bound to be unctuous.
      Overland: A Novel
      5
      Enough, that a very unctuous business was made of it that morning.
      Charlemont; Or, The Pride of the Village. a Tale of Kentucky
      6
      One talked of her son, and her voice was unctuous with pride.
      Half Portions
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      In superior circles, however, introduction becomes more elaborate, more flattering, more unctuous.
      The Hohenzollerns in America / With the Bolsheviks in Berlin and...
      8
      I hate his supercilious manner, his superior tone, and his unctuous bearing.
      Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo
      9
      I spoke with unctuous satisfaction, for I really expected him to comprehend.
      From a Girl's Point of View
      10
      He straightened up and gave the three of us an unctuous smile.
      Sister Mine
      11
      He's in his mid-fifties, sleek and well groomed, charismatic but not unctuous.
      The nobodies album
      12
      The baked filling was thick, creamy, and unctuous, reminiscent of cream pie.
      The cook's illustrated how-to-cook library
      13
      The unctuous axioms of social morality are only used to cloak her disappointment.
      Letters of Two Brides
      14
      General Peckem roused himself after a moment with an unctuous and benignant smile.
      Catch-22
      15
      The picture brought up to Keith the fat and unctuous Rimmon.
      Gordon Keith
      16
      We sample each and the unctuous braised beef cheek ultimately wins the day.
      News.com.au
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