See oily in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-oily.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9b/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-oily.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-oily.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9b/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-oily.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-oily.wav.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɔɪli"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "oyly"
}
],
"word": "oily"
}
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