oily
adjective
smeared or covered with oil; greasy.
oiliest
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superlativeof oily.superlative
The form of an adjective or adverb indicating the greatest degree of a quality.
Example Sentences
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Deravian remembers her mother standing at the stove, snacking on the stubborn scraps still left in the pot: “The crackliest, oiliest, tastiest bits.”
From New York Times ● Nov. 11, 2021
Oil is the dirtiest industry in the world and Chevron, one the world's largest companies, must be the oiliest.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 18, 2011
Bodanzky is, at the same time, the gayest and j oiliest of companions, who gives huge laughter to comic tales and sits like a great paladin to watch a game of cards.
From Time Magazine Archive
The words came oozing out in the oiliest of his unctuous tones; and the elocutionist’s expansive glance fell first on the landscape patronizingly, then on the by-standers encouragingly.
From Sword and Gown A Novel by George A. (George Alfred) Lawrence
But, the methods being the same, morocco, the oiliest of the common leathers and the one having the firmest cuticle, endures the best.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XVI., December, 1880. by Various
