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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

greas·y / ˈgrēsē; -zē/ • adj. (greas·i·er , greas·i·est ) covered with an oily substance: he wiped his greasy fingers. ∎ producing more body oils than average: greasy skin. ∎ containing or cooked with too much oil or fat: greasy food. ∎ of or like grease: their moisturizers don't feel greasy. ∎ slippery: the floor was greasy. ∎ fig. (of a person or their manner) effusively polite in a way that is felt to be insincere and repulsive: the greasy little man from the newspaper. DERIVATIVES: greas·i·ly / -səlē; -zəlē/ adv. greas·i·ness n.

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A Dictionary of Earth Sciences | 1999 | | Copyright

greasy Of mineral lustre, having the appearance of an oily coating, due to the scattering of light by a surface that is rough at the microscopic scale.

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greasy

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

greasy •bassi, Brassey, brassie, chassis, gassy, Haile Selassie, lassie, Malagasy, Manasseh, massé, massy, sassy, Tallahassee •Cotopaxi, maxi, taxi, waxy •Anglesey •antsy, Clancy, fancy, Nancy •paparazzi, patsy •Yangtze • necromancy • cartomancy •geomancy • bibliomancy •chiromancy • ataraxy •Adivasi, brassy, classy, dalasi, Darcy, farcy, Farsi, glassy, grassy •chancy • ardency • Nazi •Bessie, Crécy, dressy, Jessie, messy, Nessie, tressy •prexy, sexy •Chelsea, Elsie •Dempsey • Montmorency •discrepancy • incessancy •Betsy, tsetse •epilepsy • narcolepsy • nympholepsy •apoplexy • catalepsy •Basie, Casey, Gracie, lacy, O'Casey, pace, pacy, precis, racy, spacey, Stacey, Sulawesi, Tracy •cadency • complacency •blatancy, patency •Assisi, fleecy, greasy, Tbilisi •decency

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