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Oleaginous is an English word with synonyms like oily or fatty. Below you'll find 4 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Oleaginous in a sentence

Oleaginous meaning

  1. Oily, greasy.
  2. Falsely or affectedly earnest; persuasively suave.

Synonyms of Oleaginous

oily fatty sebaceous greasy insincere unctuous soapy smarmy fulsome buttery fat

Related words

Other words often associated with Oleaginous or its synonyms:

unclean soiled dirty fawning thick blubbery nonfat sycophantic cleaner pantry endomorphic chubby

Using Oleaginous

  • The main meaning on this page is: Oily, greasy. | Falsely or affectedly earnest; persuasively suave.
  • Useful related words include: oily, fatty, sebaceous, greasy.
  • In the example corpus, oleaginous often appears in combinations such as: and oleaginous.

Context around Oleaginous

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 17.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

gentle 1×

Often after:

modi 1× adrian 1× samba 1× politician 1×

Sentence patterns with Oleaginous

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

climbing and oleaginous adrian who 1× folksiness and oleaginous samba rhythm 1× for any oleaginous politician or 1× supple gentle oleaginous modi is 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

mother has decided 1× supple gentle oleaginous 1× the questions were 1×

Common sentence endings:

appear that way 1× oleaginous samba rhythm 1× prone to wooing 1× the manor born 1×

Words around Oleaginous

Just before it in the word index:

olea 8 ole 536 olduvai 14 oldtown 9 oldtimers 2 oldtimer 7

Just after it in the word index:

olean 9 oleander 15 oleandra 2 oleanvine 2 oleck 2 oled 367

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaas 8 aacc 8 aacs 8 aafes 8 aankh 8 aapp 8

Corpus analysis for Oleaginous

  • In this selection, "oleaginous" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 17.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, gentle, modi, adrian and samba stand out and add context to how "oleaginous" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include climbing and oleaginous adrian who and folksiness and oleaginous samba rhythm. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "oleaginous" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with oleaginous

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Supple, gentle, oleaginous, Modi is both unscrupulous and prone to wooing. (11 words)

Then there’s the slick melody—only feigning at folksiness—and oleaginous samba rhythm. (14 words)

Mother has decided that Suzy should marry the social-climbing and oleaginous, Adrian, who is a buffoon to the ‘manor’ born. (21 words)

Longer example sentences

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. (25 words)

Mother has decided that Suzy should marry the social-climbing and oleaginous, Adrian, who is a buffoon to the ‘manor’ born. (21 words)

Then there’s the slick melody—only feigning at folksiness—and oleaginous samba rhythm. (14 words)

Example sentences (4)

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.

Common combinations with oleaginous

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "oleaginous" in a sentence?
An example: "Supple, gentle, oleaginous, Modi is both unscrupulous and prone to wooing." This page contains 4 example sentences with the word "oleaginous" from authentic English texts.
What does "oleaginous" mean?
Oleaginous means: Oily, greasy.
What are synonyms of "oleaginous"?
Common synonyms of "oleaginous" include: oily, fatty, sebaceous, greasy, insincere, unctuous, soapy, smarmy. Plus 3 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "oleaginous" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 4 example sentences with "oleaginous", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.