greasily, adv.
(ˈgriːzɪlɪ, ˈgriːsɪlɪ)
Also 6 greasely.
[f. greasy + -ly2.]
In a greasy manner; with or as with grease; so as to grease; fig. unctuously; † indecently (quot. 1588; cf. F. parler gras).
| 1588 Shakes. L.L.L. iv. i. 139 You talke greasely, your lips grow foule. 1607 Beaum. & Fl. Woman-hater i. i, He hath followed your court..from place to place.. as faithfully as your spits and your dripping-pans have done, and almost as greasily. 1642 More Song of Soul i. ii. lxxvii, His sweaty neck did shine right greasily. 1868 Less. Mid. Age 74 A hoary reprobate..having professed some penitence in the last hours of life..was greasily held forth from a certain pulpit as a noble Christian character. |