Definitions
smeared or soiled with grease or oil
Word origin
From Middle English oylei, equivalent to oil + -y. Compare German ölig (“oily”), Swedish oljig (“oily”).
Used in a sentence
“oily machinery; oily rags; oily fish; oily cooking”
“His clothes were apt to look oily and smell of eating-houses.”
“[…] overdressed young men of enigmatic appearance, with oily thick hair, shifty eyes, and hands covered with cheap rings, swaggered about smoking cigarettes and talking in loud, ostentatious voices.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Covered in slick film”4 letters
02“Greasy”4 letters
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