Definitions for oiliness
ADVERTISEMENT
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
oil•yˈɔɪ li(adj.)oil•i•er, oil•i•est.
smeared or covered with oil; greasy.
Category: Chemistry
of the nature of, consisting of, or resembling oil.
Category: Chemistry
of or pertaining to oil.
Category: Chemistry
full of or containing oil.
Category: Chemistry
smooth or unctuous, as in manner or speech.
Origin of oily:
1520–30
oil′i•ness(n.)
Princeton's WordNet
greasiness, oiliness, oleaginousness(noun)
consisting of or covered with oil
fulsomeness, oiliness, oleaginousness, smarminess, unctuousness, unction(noun)
smug self-serving earnestness
Wiktionary
oiliness(Noun)
the quality of being oily
Citation
Use the citation below to add this definition to your bibliography:
"oiliness." Definitions.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2013. Web. 18 May 2013. <http://www.definitions.net/definition/oiliness>.