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DictionaryEnglish - Myanmar
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oily

/ˈɔɪli/

US pronunciation
American sound/ˈɔɪli/
oily
Syllables
2 syllables
Stress
1st syllable stress
Vowel
Aw vowel
Ending
Final y vowel sound

oi - ly -> oily

Myanmar meaning

(adj) ဆီကဲ့သို့ဖြစ်သော။ ဆီများဖြင့် ဖုံးနေသော။

Full entry

oily /'ↄÇli / adj (-ier, -iest)

၁။ ဆီကဲ့သို့သော။ an oily liquid.
၂။ ဆီပေကျံသော။ ဆီရွှဲသော။ ဆီများသော။ oily hair ❍ an oily skin ❍ an oily rag ❍ oily food.
၃။ (derog ) မျက်နှာလို မျက်နှာရလုပ်သော။ ခယဝယလုပ်သော။ He smiled at me in an oily manner. oiliness n

More examples
  • Oily fish such as mackerel or herring
  • An oily rag
  • Oily skin
  • The sauce has an oily texture.
  • He was an oily and repulsive little man.
Synonyms
greasy, fatty, slippery, adipose, bland, buttery, butyraceous, cajoling, coaxing, compliant, creamy, flattering, fulsome, glib, gushing, hypocritical, ingratiating, insinuating, lardy, lubricant, lubricative, lubricous, lustrous, obsequious, oil-soaked, oiled, oleaginous, plausible, polished, rich, saponaceous, servile, sleek, slick, smarmy, smeary, smooth, smooth-tongued, soapy, soothing, suave, supple, swimming, unctuous, waxy
Antonyms
dry, hateful
Cross references
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