lipevä — meaning in English
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English meaning
- oily adj Covered with, containing, or resembling oil.
- slick adj Smooth and slippery, often because of a coating of liquid.
- smarmy adjective Excessively flattering or ingratiating in an insincere, oily way.
- smooth adjective Having an even surface, free of bumps or roughness.
- unctuous adjective Having a greasy or oily texture or composition.
Senses
lipevä is used for these senses in English:
- oily (figuratively) Excessively friendly or polite but insincere.
- oleaginous (of manner or speech) Falsely or affectedly earnest; persuasively suave.
- slick Superficially convincing but actually untrustworthy.
- smarmy Falsely earnest, smug, ingratiating, or pious.
- smooth Bland; glib.
- smooth operator (idiomatic) A skillful, manipulative person, con artist, or clever scoundrel.
- smooth-talking Insincerely ingratiating; flattering.
- unctuous (of a liquid, semisolid, or other substance) Having the nature or properties of an unguent or ointment; greasy, oily.
oily — full definition
- adj Covered with, containing, or resembling oil.
- adj Excessively polite or flattering in an insincere way.
slick — full definition
- adj Smooth and slippery, often because of a coating of liquid.
- adj Impressively smooth and polished in style, sometimes to the point of seeming untrustworthy.
- noun A layer of oil or another liquid spread across a surface.
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