Definitions

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  • adjective Resembling or characteristic of grease.

Etymologies

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grease +‎ -like

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Examples

  • Lorn rejoins the undercaptain, before whom are two wooden cases, each lettered in a grayish greaselike paint: sabres, cup., 2 sc.,

    Scion of Cyador Modesitt, L. E. 2000

  • On the outside, the retaining wall was simply a rocky ridge, but the inside was covered with a slick layer of slimy, greaselike silt.

    Tombstone Courage Jance, Judith A. 1994

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