oilily
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
adv
In an oily way; with the appearance or consistency of oil.
Example Sentences
- "[…] the nicest young man that ever was, — daintily gloved, patently booted, oilily curled, snowily wristbanded, with a lovely cambric (prima facie) handkerchief bound about his hyacinthine locks and polished hat."
- "The tarmac road glistened oilily, the sun poured down, there was a strong smell of warm tar."
Etymology
From oily + -ly.
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more oilily (comparative)
most oilily (superlative)