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Oily

/ˈɔɪli/
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(adj) Covered with or containing oil.

My clothes have an oily smell because I ate at an okonomiyaki place.
She has oily skin.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The mechanic's hands were ____ after spending the afternoon working under the car engine.

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