Oily vs Nonoily – What’s the difference?

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Oily vs Nonoily - What's the difference?
As adjectives the difference between oily and nonoily is that oily is relating to oil while nonoily is not oily.

As a noun oily is a marble with an oily lustre.

oily

English

Alternative forms

* oyly (obsolete)

Adjective

(er)

  • Relating to oil.
  • Smeared with or containing oil.
  • (figuratively) Excessively friendly or polite so as to sound insincere.

    • Derived terms

    * smell of an oily rag

    Noun

    (oilies)

  • A marble with an oily lustre.
  • * 1998 , Joanna Cole, Stephanie Calmenson, Michael Street, Marbles: 101 ways to play
    • Lustered (also called lusters, rainbows, oilies , and pearls)
  • * 2001 , Paul Webley, The economic psychology of everyday life (page 39)
    • 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
  • oilskins (waterproof garment)

    • nonoily

    English

    Adjective

    (–)

  • Not oily.

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