soapy Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective resembling or having the qualities of soap
    saponaceous.
    • a soapy consistency
  2. adjective satellite unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech
    fulsome; buttery; unctuous; oleaginous; smarmy; oily.
    • buttery praise
    • gave him a fulsome introduction
    • an oily sycophantic press agent
    • oleaginous hypocrisy
    • smarmy self-importance
    • the unctuous Uriah Heep
    • soapy compliments

WordNet

Soap"y adjective
Wordforms
comparative Soapier ; superlative Soapiest
Definitions
  1. Resembling soap; having the qualities of, or feeling like, soap; soft and smooth.
  2. Smeared with soap; covered with soap.

Webster 1913