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Meanings of oily in English
Usage of oily in English
1
The sea looked almost solid, like churning, oily lumps rather than water.
2
The air shimmered with oily heat as the B-17's engines built power.
3
The castor oil seed resembles in chemical composition the other oily seeds.
4
The meal proceeded in silence save for an oily sarcasm from Henson.
5
The most effective are omega-3 fats, which occur naturally in oily fish.
6
The running, the growing heat, had left him feeling oily and gritty.
7
Something lived out there in the oily gray water of the harbor.
8
The suave, oily little Mayor came in, twinkling his eyes and saying:
9
Something sort of smooth and glistening; like black, oily molasses slipping over.
10
The dun river slipped along among the shipping with an oily gurgle.
11
One of his soldiers pointed to a dark, oily-looking area of reeds.
12
Let me see if I can rouse them from their oily slumber.
13
I'm going to bed; you have interrupted the flow of-ofoily meditation.
14
Never were the oily charms of Houston likely to seem more bountiful.
15
Brigadier General Harold Barnabas Claybourne glowered at me from its oily surface.
16
Just then the oily-headed clerk announced that Mr. Ranson was at liberty.
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United States of America
Common
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Common