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adulatory, fulsome, gushing, gushy, hagiographic (also hagiographical), oleaginous, soapy, unctuous
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But when fried in a hot, oily pan at your favorite Italian restaurant, eggplant’s spongy texture absorbs all the oil in the pan, making for a decadent and heavy dish. — Stephanie Thurrott, NBC News, "Healthier Italian: Food pros share 4 restaurant dishes you can make at home," 20 Aug. 2019 Bicycle grease: Frasier suggests pretreating this oily stain with a degreaser such as Mean Green, Simple Green or Dawn liquid dish soap. — Jura Koncius, courant.com, "Stains are a summer staple. Here’s how to defeat them," 8 Aug. 2019 From the pure clear stream of spit that the little girl dribbled into her face to her oily blood was twenty-eight days. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Toni Morrison, ‘Beloved’ author and nobel laureate, dies at 88," 6 Aug. 2019 Bicycle grease: Frasier suggests pretreating this oily stain with a degreaser such as Mean Green, Simple Green or Dawn liquid dish soap. — Jura Koncius, Washington Post, "How to battle six stains of summer," 6 Aug. 2019 The ship's crew pulled in loads of whitefish, perch and oily chubs, which were popular for smoking. — Brian E. Clark, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "A 1945 fishing tug gets a new life as a tour boat in Michigan," 2 Aug. 2019 Once applied, the foundation does not budge for hours, even on the those with super-oily skin. — Jenna Rosenstein, Harper's BAZAAR, "Fenty Beauty Is Finally Launching a Foundation For Dry Skin," 1 Aug. 2019 This dish pairs the bread, so phenomenally crusty, and its thick coat of fresh tomato with a full tin of oily-magical Don Bocarte Spanish anchovies. — Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, "Disney Springs: Celebrity chef José Andrés has a heavenly hit in Jaleo," 1 Aug. 2019 The late John Mahoney turns up, also early in his screen acting career, as an oily meatpacking company representative whose smile is his shield. — Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, "‘The Killing Floor,’ an unsung Chicago labor story, returns Saturday in a 4k digital edition," 24 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'oily.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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