unctuousness

All this the old man related with the same unctuousness that the minister had given to his words.

The mixture of discomfort, unctuousness and sadness in his voice confused her.

The acid enhances the flavor and allays the unctuousness of the fat.

Johnson's unctuousness has been one of the best-known aspects of his personality.

He accepted with a smile which avoided unctuousness.

His voice was as soft and sympathetic as a mortician's but with no unctuousness.

Maybe not, but what gratifying editorial unctuousness.

Many of them came out to look after him, and to observe to one another, with great unctuousness, that he was 'pulled down by it.'

The mushrooms were meaty and rich, but thanks to the acidity in the wine they never veered into unctuousness.

Zukimoto was instantly on his guard and his unctuousness returned.

What made him unique, however, was his compelling blend of blithering idiocy and hilarious unctuousness.

Rather, they lend their unctuousness to the water they are soaked in, an elixir that you can later cook with like broth.

With something like professional unctuousness he added, "We don't mind you boys having a little fun, ah, madam, but keep it in bounds.

Heep, synonymous with unctuousness, is a fawning fellow who worms his way up through oozing manipulation.

Charm has the same relation to unctuousness as emotion does to sentimentality, or humour to mere jocularity.

The berries have just an edge of tartness that balances their natural sweetness and the smoky unctuousness of the liver.

Koons is famous for a public persona of relentlessly smiley, Amway-salesman unctuousness.

But both will be rewarded for their unctuousness by minority voters-while they would get absolutely nothing for staking out more thoughtful positions.

It is lovely in potato gratin, where its tang and unctuousness refine the crude flavor of a potato.

"We strive to please, Your Majesty," Henke replied with a certain unctuousness.

How about the silken unctuousness of foie gras?

Mr. Lespert brings just enough eager-beaver unctuousness to his part so that Frank never seems heroic.

I understand your sensitivities,' Dr. Sterk said with a certai unctuousness.

My favorite is the nine-inch with lemon and cranberry swirl, which adds a refreshing accent to cheesecake's unctuousness; $41.

Even the narration, which is read portentously by James Coburn, sounds a strange note somewhere between unctuousness and eulogy.