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1. (adj) buttery, fulsome, oily, oleaginous, smarmy, soapy, unctuous
unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech
"buttery praise"; "gave him a fulsome introduction"; "an oily sycophantic press agent"; "oleaginous hypocrisy"; "smarmy self-importance"; "the unctuous Uriah Heep"; "soapy compliments"

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uncrystallised uncrystallized unction unctuous unctuously unctuousness uncultivable

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