adjective
- Resembling or having the qualities of soap.
- usage: "a soapy consistency"
- synonyms: saponaceous
- Unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech.
- usage: "buttery praise"; "gave him a fulsome introduction"; "an oily sycophantic press agent"; "oleaginous hypocrisy"; "smarmy self-importance"; "the unctuous Uriah Heep"; "soapy compliments"
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