Oilies vs Oilier - What's the difference?
oilies | oilier |
(oily)
Relating to oil.
Smeared with or containing oil.
(figuratively) Excessively friendly or polite so as to sound insincere.
A marble with an oily lustre.
* 1998 , Joanna Cole, Stephanie Calmenson, Michael Street, Marbles: 101 ways to play
* 2001 , Paul Webley, The economic psychology of everyday life (page 39)
oilskins (waterproof garment)
As a noun oilies
is .As an adjective oilier is
(oily).oilier
English
Adjective
(head)oily
English
Alternative forms
* oyly (obsolete)Adjective
(er)Derived terms
* smell of an oily ragNoun
(oilies)- Lustered (also called lusters, rainbows, oilies , and pearls)
- But marbles are not only used to play games: they are also traded. In this market, the value of the different kinds of marbles (oilies , emperors, etc.) is determined by local supply and demand and not by the price of the marbles