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Soapy   /sˈoʊpi/   Listen
Soapy

adjective
(compar. soapier; superl. soapiest)
1.
Resembling or having the qualities of soap.  Synonym: saponaceous.
2.
Unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech.  Synonyms: buttery, fulsome, oily, oleaginous, smarmy, unctuous.  "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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"Soapy" Quotes from Famous Books



... out to the garage, where there was a room in which they often played. There they ate their cookies and cakes, and then Russ and Rose made some bowls of soapy water, and with clay pipes, which the little Bunkers had bought for their play, they began to blow bubbles. They made large and small ones, and nearly all of them had the pretty colors that Violet had ...
— Six Little Bunkers at Cousin Tom's • Laura Lee Hope

... could think of a thing to say, but a curious mingling of odors told their story for them. The freshness of the clean, scarcely-dried, kalsomine, the faint tinge of smoke from the bit of fire, the delicious soapy cleanliness and a wholesome whiff of barley broth floated out into the dusty hallway to the little person on the stairs. She looked through the doorway and saw clean walls, creamy yellow; windows that glistened, ...
— Little Miss By-The-Day • Lucille Van Slyke

... soap and water. Rinse in boiling water. Some people temper new jars so they will stand the shock of hot water or hot sirup without breaking. If you wish to take this extra precaution put the jars in a dishpan or kettle of cold water after they have been washed in soapy water; bring the water slowly to a boil and let it boil fifteen minutes. After the jars are ready test the rubber rings. This may seem a useless precaution, but it is a necessary one, for there is no one detail in the business of canning that is more important. Even in ...
— Every Step in Canning • Grace Viall Gray

... she slowly and breathlessly raised herself on tiptoe, steadying herself with the tips of her fingers lightly touching the stove-pipe, her foot moved treacherously into the soapy area, and slipped. Connie screamed, caught desperately at the pipe, and fell to the floor in a sickening jumble of stove-pipe, dishpan and soot beyond her wildest fancies! Her cries brought her sisters flying, and the sight ...
— Prudence Says So • Ethel Hueston

... India mull, And Sissy's blue percale! One got that pup's belathered flanks, And one his soapy tail! ...
— Songs and Other Verse • Eugene Field


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