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— John Milton

Say, Heavenly Muse, shall not thy sacred vein 15

Afford a present to the Infant God?

Hast thou no verse, no hymn, or solemn strain,

To welcome him to this his new abode,

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noun

A way or means of approaching or entering; an entrance; a passage.

“Writers often choose access when discussing complex ideas.”

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oily

Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/ˈɔɪli/Used In Literature ↓

A marble with an oily lustre.

Origin

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Common Phrases

skin oilyliquid oily. oilysubstance oilyfish oilymatter oily

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Synonyms

fulsome dirty unctuous insincere soiled fat

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Related Words

oleaginous greasy coated fatty buttery

Poetry examples for “oily”

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All wild to found an UniversitybyAlfred, Lord Tennyson

And I, tho’ nettled that he seem’d to slur
With garrulous ease and oily courtesies
Our formal compact, yet, not less (all frets

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Again we are deluded and inferbySylvia Plath

Acrid with the stench of dried sweat were your clothes, and your long slick
oily black hair, and your hands were puffed and creased, soft and unhealthily
white from the hot steaming dishwater.

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