as in oily
overly or insincerely flattering
a typically soapy introduction for the guest speaker at the organization's annual banquet
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Recent Examples of soapy
To get rid of these annoying dust balls, swish your broom around in warm, soapy water as needed.
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Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 20 Jan. 2023
Plus, it can easily be washed with a bit of warm and soapy water.
—Kaitlyn McInnis, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Jan. 2023
To clean a bite that appears pretty harmless, simply wash the area well with warm and soapy water.
—Kirsten Nunez, SELF, 23 Sep. 2022
If that happens, Sperry advises using warm, soapy water or soft scrub brush to remove the mold.
—Sarah Bahari, Dallas News, 12 Oct. 2022
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Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 20 Jan. 2023
Plus, it can easily be washed with a bit of warm and soapy water.
—Kaitlyn McInnis, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Jan. 2023
To clean a bite that appears pretty harmless, simply wash the area well with warm and soapy water.
—Kirsten Nunez, SELF, 23 Sep. 2022
If that happens, Sperry advises using warm, soapy water or soft scrub brush to remove the mold.
—Sarah Bahari, Dallas News, 12 Oct. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for soapy
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Wild rose, vitamin C, rosehip oil Best For: Suited for dry, oily, normal, and combination skin types, the cream most effectively targets uneven texture.Jenny Berg, Vogue, 31 Oct. 2024
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These oily fish contain omega-3 fatty acids and are good sources of protein, vitamins, selenium, and calcium.Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 31 Oct. 2024
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Next she was wrenched the other way in a sickening, 180° roll, and one of the crew members tumbled down the almost-vertical deck and vanished in the sea.Orval C. Johnson, Outdoor Life, 31 Oct. 2024
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What was sickening about being there in person was watching the Trump fans around me and realizing that there was nothing shocking about it to them.Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2024
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To that end, yes, honeymoon phases are gushy (and self-absorbed).Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 19 June 2024
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The film opens with a dizzying montage of magazine covers and clips accompanied by a stream of gushy praise from prominent fans.David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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The 31-year-old sherry bomb explodes in torrents of coconut and pineapple fruit before an unctuous, lingering finish of tobacco smoke.Brad Japhe, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
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Needs a few years to better harmonize into a more unctuous delight.Tom Mullen, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
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One defense, beginning in the late eighteen-hundreds, was flypaper, sheets of which were coated on one side with an oleaginous substance that lured flies, then permanently trapped them.David Owen, The New Yorker, 27 July 2024
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At any moment, the noodles might dissolve, the cheese topping burn, the dish collapse into a soggy, oleaginous mess.Isaac Butler, The New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2023
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This is no hagiographic portrait of Czechoslovak Radio as a beacon of civic resistance.Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 30 Oct. 2024
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Her book makes a refreshing change from the hagiographic tone of most Bowie biographies, said John Aizlewood on iNews.The Week Staff, theweek, 6 June 2024
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“Soapy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soapy. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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