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Oleaginous
Oleaginous meaning
Oily, greasy. | Falsely or affectedly earnest; persuasively suave.
Example sentences (5)
Supple, gentle, oleaginous, Modi is both unscrupulous and prone to wooing.
Mother has decided that Suzy should marry the social-climbing and oleaginous, Adrian, who is a buffoon to the ‘manor’ born.
Then there’s the slick melody—only feigning at folksiness—and oleaginous samba rhythm.
The questions were presented in such a way for any oleaginous politician or civil servant to twist any answer to make it appear that way.
Through the sections told from her point of view, we learn of her restless, thieving youth, her arrival in Singapore, her discovery by an oleaginous, mercurial talent-spotter whose business card reads: “VISIONARY.