"Oh, you're quite right," Dan answered unctuously. From Wordnik.com. [The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius] Reference
"God's blessing on your work," he said unctuously. From Wordnik.com. [The Quiet American]
She was unctuously full-bodied, not quite so tall as. From Wordnik.com. [The Titan] Reference
"Come in," he called, unctuously, in answer to a tap. From Wordnik.com. [Gray Lensman]
Omne opened the door and bowed Spock through, unctuously. From Wordnik.com. [The Price of the Phoenix]
At the shore he asked me unctuously how much he should pay. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 5] Reference
'I told you that mast was too long,' said Larry unctuously. From Wordnik.com. [My Family and Other Animals]
"Those who pursue are lost!" the voice declaimed unctuously. From Wordnik.com. [Jed the Dead]
He mocked a little; the tone was too unctuously hypocritical. From Wordnik.com. [Bakemono Yashiki (The Haunted House), Retold from the Japanese Originals Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 2] Reference
"Well, I trust you will make allowances," he went on unctuously. From Wordnik.com. [Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben] Reference
Squire Ulf bowed unctuously, his small eyes calculating swiftly. From Wordnik.com. [Conan The Warlord]
They should have had him apologize sincerely, not ooze unctuously. From Wordnik.com. ["In pimping General David Petraeus and in the violation of everything this country has been assiduously and vigilantly against..."] Reference
"I'm afraid I don't know, Sir," mumbled Mister Povondra unctuously. From Wordnik.com. [The War with the Newts] Reference
He spoke unctuously; as one full informed and longing for its trial. From Wordnik.com. [The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2)] Reference
"What might I do for your noble selves?" the man inquired unctuously. From Wordnik.com. [Night Arrant]
"Didst now?" asked Fuller, unctuously enjoying the young man's discomfort. From Wordnik.com. [Aunt Rachel] Reference
"There is a certain officer in Base Operations," she explained unctuously. From Wordnik.com. [The False Mirror]
"I should expect nothing less from a loyal Dane, " Lavisser said unctuously. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Prey]
'It would be an insult to your cooking to eat less,' Larry replied unctuously. From Wordnik.com. [My Family and Other Animals]
Leaning down from the saddle, he smiled unctuously and gestured at the object. From Wordnik.com. [Into the Thinking Kingdoms]
Mann's face was a shade more purple for an instant, but he went on, unctuously. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman for Mayor A Novel of To-day] Reference
"I am Major Ortrum, Commandant of the City Guard," the raccoon said unctuously. From Wordnik.com. [A Corridor in the Asylum] Reference
"And here is the last of the suspects, my lord," he heard Willum say unctuously. From Wordnik.com. [Fiddler Fair]
"For which we are so thankful you have responded so well," said Robert unctuously. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles]
"Our gracious king," Albanus agreed unctuously, though he near choked on the words. From Wordnik.com. [Conan the Defender]
Polite they were in conversation, and formally correct without being unctuously so. From Wordnik.com. [A Call to Arms]
"And you're getting one of the best farms in the area, " he said unctuously to Takemoto. From Wordnik.com. [Centennial]
"So, the shot went home," Culver laughed unctuously, turning for a moment from the window. From Wordnik.com. [The Furnace of Gold] Reference
"Got smacked and sent to bed for stealing jam," her youngest cousin informed her unctuously. From Wordnik.com. [The Making of a Soul] Reference
They don't greet you in English and will respond unctuously with "my pleasure" instead of "yes.". From Wordnik.com. [Roman Holiday] Reference
In India real life TV hosts are so anxious not to show class bias, they are unctuously friendly. From Wordnik.com. [Sandip Roy: I Too Want to be a Slumdog Millionaire] Reference
"I'm sure," he said unctuously, "that your Holder will provide for you, just as you tithe to him.". From Wordnik.com. [Dragon's Fire]
As she moved carefully down the way toward the spring, Blatch's voice followed her, saying unctuously. From Wordnik.com. [Judith of the Cumberlands] Reference
Heber waxed unctuously benevolent, and expressed his affection for each succeeding race as fast as mentioned. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 78, April, 1864] Reference
After a while Fielding asked who was replacing Rode during his absence, to which D'Arcy said, 'No one,' and added unctuously. From Wordnik.com. [A Murder of Quality]
“The Blessed One is now old, aged, burdened with years.,. and has reached the last stage of his life,” he said unctuously. From Wordnik.com. [Buddha]
The shop owner unctuously declared that he was not making a cent of profit, was selling it for less than it cost him, and so on and on. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Business Etiquette] Reference
Court of Appeals declared it unconstitutional, in a smug and well-fed decision, which spoke unctuously of the "hallowed" influences of the. From Wordnik.com. [Theodore Roosevelt and His Times] Reference
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