The Clue
Needing shampoo, say (4 letter answer)
The Answer
OILY
Tags
Notes
The answer OILY is seen frequently, appearing about once every 140 puzzles.
Related Clues
Bootlicking
Fat
Fawning
Greasy
Lubricative
Oleaginous
Pinguid
Slick
Smarmy
Unctuous
Hardly trustworthy
Overly smooth
Overly suave
Smooth-talking
Smooth-tongued
Suave to a fault
Suave and glib
Too glib
Too smooth
Like canned sardines
Like garage floors
Like many sunscreens
Like mechanics' hands
Like olives or peanuts
Like some hair
Like unwashed hair
Opposite of dry, as hair
Suave, and then some
"___ to bed . . . " (OPEC worker's slogan?)
Like service station rags
Definition
OILY as an adjective:
1. (greasy, oily, sebaceous, oleaginous) = containing an unusual amount of grease or oil; "greasy hamburgers"; "oily fried potatoes"; "oleaginous seeds"
2. (buttery, fulsome, oily, oleaginous, smarmy, soapy, unctuous) = unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech; "buttery praise"; "gave him a fulsome introduction"; "an oily sycophantic press agent"; "oleaginous hypocrisy"; "smarmy self-importance"; "the unctuous Uriah Heep"; "soapy compliments"
3. coated or covered with oil; "oily puddles in the streets"
4. (greasy, oily) = smeared or soiled with grease or oil; "greasy coveralls"; "get rid of rubbish and oily rags"