Unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech.
1 Varys slithered to his feet, smiling in that unctuous way he had.
2 John Michael Higgins is all unctuous anxiety as Evan's chief of staff.
3 Canadian Shakespearean actor Douglas Rain won the role with neutral, unctuous tones.
4 But such a man is all the more bound to be unctuous .
5 Enough, that a very unctuous business was made of it that morning.
6 One talked of her son, and her voice was unctuous with pride.
7 In superior circles, however, introduction becomes more elaborate, more flattering, more unctuous .
8 I hate his supercilious manner, his superior tone, and his unctuous bearing.
9 I spoke with unctuous satisfaction, for I really expected him to comprehend.
10 He straightened up and gave the three of us an unctuous smile.
11 He's in his mid-fifties, sleek and well groomed, charismatic but not unctuous .
12 The baked filling was thick, creamy, and unctuous , reminiscent of cream pie.
13 The unctuous axioms of social morality are only used to cloak her disappointment.
14 General Peckem roused himself after a moment with an unctuous and benignant smile.
15 The picture brought up to Keith the fat and unctuous Rimmon.
16 We sample each and the unctuous braised beef cheek ultimately wins the day.
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