Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a greasy manner; with or as with grease.
- Grossly; indecently.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a greasy manner.
- adverb obsolete In a gross or indelicate manner.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
greasy manner.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a greasy manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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The floor was the color of raw liver and shone greasily as though coated with Vaseline.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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It was a gray scene, greasy gray, and the rain drizzled greasily on the pavement stones.
Chapter 4 2010
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The floor was the color of raw liver and shone greasily as though coated with Vaseline.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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The floor was the color of raw liver and shone greasily as though coated with Vaseline.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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The ex-goalie expressed disquiet about England's recent attempts to play possession football What do you mean, you didn't notice? and suggested it was high time the national side stopped going all continental and got back to something more greasily British.
For Steve Claridge, setting the team upright is a vertical challenge 2012
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He smirked greasily up into the face of Wolf Larsen, who seemed not to see him.
Chapter 12 2010
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When it was over, and Mugridge was back in the galley, he became greasily radiant, and went about his work, humming coster songs in a nerve-racking and discordant falsetto.
Chapter 6 2010
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The floor was the color of raw liver and shone greasily as though coated with Vaseline.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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Texas traditions, greasily shook hands with Wemple and Davies as well, saying "Howdy," as only the Texan born can say it.
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Plastic flowers bunched in my carrier bag, eyebrows unplucked, hair greasily grasping the wind.
Temporary Passport Penny Goring 2011
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