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as in smoothness
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as in suaveness
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Recent Examples of unctuousness
Bad mini cones are made with soggy cones and sweet, fluffy filling that has none of the unctuousness of real ice cream.
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Jolene Thym, Mercury News, 3 June 2026
Jolene Thym, Mercury News, 3 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unctuousness
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Receiver Dillon Bell, a premium undrafted free-agent signing, caught every pass thrown to him and ran routes with smoothness.—
Alec Lewis,
New York Times,
12 June 2026
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What’s struck me most during the Finals, though, isn’t just his smoothness but his selflessness.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
7 June 2026
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Graffiti contained nearly everything: urbanity, fieriness, walls, glyphs.—
Lori Waxman,
Chicago Tribune,
10 June 2026
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His music is, in the best sense, grown-up, proof that a gifted songwriter can tackle the headiest, heaviest topics, compressing a novel’s worth of ideas, intelligence, irony, urbanity, humor and ambivalence into four minutes.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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This is why during pregnancy, some pre-existing skincare concerns, like chronic breakouts or oiliness, either completely vanish or temporarily worsen.—
Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal,
Parents,
28 May 2026
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According to the brand, the mask even delivers enhanced light therapy to your T-zone (forehead and nose) and U-zone (jawline, chin, and cheeks) to better target fine lines, oiliness, and breakouts.—
Clara McMahon,
PEOPLE,
28 Apr. 2026
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Bespoke millwork adds instant architectural elegance, like in this luxurious bathroom by Harper Harris Design.—
Sophie Aliece Hollis,
Martha Stewart,
11 June 2026
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Just off Bamberg’s lively, strollable core is Hotel Villa Geyersworth, a four‑star, 40‑key property blending modern comfort with quiet old‑town elegance and well‑kept gardens.—
David Dickstein,
Oc Register,
10 June 2026
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Advertisement Still, Trump’s apparent glibness comes as the Republican Party faces what could be challenging midterm elections, as the economy and affordability remain top concerns for voters.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
11 June 2026
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Beloved actor Ron Perlman fully leans into trying to make the contestants fail this task by forcing eye contact, asking them polite questions, rebuking their bad manners in ignoring him, and even doggedly getting into their personal space.—
Tasha Robinson,
Vulture,
16 June 2026
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Flight attendants can often detect bad manners the second a passenger steps on board.—
Joey Skladany,
Travel + Leisure,
14 June 2026
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McKenna embraces every inch of Piggy’s awkwardness, every desperate plea for acceptance and friendship, without polish or artificiality.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
4 May 2026
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Yet Voisard believes people are increasingly tuning into animal livestreams to escape artificiality.—
Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
2 May 2026
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Their answer came in the form of Colby Donaldson, the Texan mama’s boy who performed rugged gentlemanliness.—
Shaan Merchant,
Rolling Stone,
20 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Unctuousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unctuousness. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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