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oyly

oyly is the obsolete spelling of oily.

Meaning of oily

Adjective

oily (comparative oilier, superlative oiliest)

  1. Covered with or containing oil.
    • oily machinery; oily rags; oily fish; oily cooking
  2. Resembling oil.
    • oily swells; oily seas
    Synonyms:
    oilish, oillike
  3. (figuratively) Excessively friendly or polite but insincere.
    • Near-synonyms: slick, buttery; smarmy
    Synonyms:
    slick, buttery, smarmy

See all 5 meanings of oily

Forms of oyly

comparativemore oyly
superlativemost oyly

Questions about oyly

What is oyly the obsolete spelling of?
Oyly is the obsolete spelling of oily.

Words near oyly in the dictionary

  1. oyinbos
  2. Oykel
  3. oyl
  4. oylet
  5. oylets
  6. oyly
  7. Oymyakon
  8. Oyne
  9. oynoun
  10. oynouns
  11. oyntment

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Adapted from Wiktionary: oyly (page history and authors); oily (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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