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greasy

/ˈɡɹi.si/ adjective B2
  1. Having a slippery surface; having a surface covered with grease. · a greasy mineral
  2. Containing a lot of grease or fat.
  3. Oily in manner; obsequious.
  4. Shady, sketchy, dodgy, detestable, unethical. (slang)
  5. Afflicted with the disease called grease.

Comparative greasier · Superlative greasiest

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Anne Shirley, you’re dripping greasy water all over the floor.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 147 · C1
But when, for the fourth time, after pushing back our chairs from breakfast we saw the greasy, heavy brown swirl still drifting past us and condensing in oily drops upon the window-panes, my comrade’s impatient and active nature could endure this drab existence no longer.
Sherlock Holmes: The Bruce-Partington Plans, p. 1 · B2

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