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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典
 unctuously
 (ad.)油滑地;溫和地
From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 Unc·tu·ous a.
 1. Of the nature or quality of an unguent or ointment; fatty; oily; greasy. “The unctuous cheese.”
 2. Having a smooth, greasy feel, as certain minerals.
 3. Bland; suave; also, tender; fervid; as, an unctuous speech; sometimes, insincerely suave or fervid.
 -- Unc*tu*ous*ly, adv. -- Unc*tu*ous*ness, n.
 
From: WordNet (r) 2.0
 unctuously
      adv : in an unctuous manner [syn: smarmily, fulsomely]