lipevä — meaning in English

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.

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

1. adj Covered with, containing, or resembling oil.
2. adj Excessively polite or flattering in an insincere way.

slick — full definition

1. adj Smooth and slippery, often because of a coating of liquid.
2. adj Impressively smooth and polished in style, sometimes to the point of seeming untrustworthy.
3. noun A layer of oil or another liquid spread across a surface.

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