Meaning

5 senses
  1. Literal senses:

    Resembling soap.

    Bases dissolve skin oils and have a soapy feel to them.

    seifig, seifenartig

    мы́льныйmýlʹnyj

    resembling or having the qualities of soap

  2. Full of soap.

    Near-synonym: soaped up

    The dishwasher uses hot soapy water to clean the dishes and silverware.

    seifig

    мы́льныйmýlʹnyj

  3. Covered in soap.

    His skin was still soapy after the shower.

    мы́льныйmýlʹnyj, намы́ленныйnamýlennyj

  4. Resembling a soap opera.

  5. (dated)Committing or involving flattery.

Examples

11 sentences
  1. Don't touch me with your soapy hands.

    Не торкайся мене мильними руками.

    ruНе трогай меня мыльными руками.

    deFass mich mit deinen seifigen Händen nicht an!

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  2. Wash the shirt in soapy water and the stains will come out.

    ruПостирай футболку в мыльной воде, и пятна отойдут.

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  3. Wash it with hot, soapy water.

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  4. Fill the sink with warm, soapy water.

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  5. Yanni washed his goat's udder with soapy water.

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
resembling soap:
covered in soap:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
resembling soap:

Origin

From soap + -y. Compare German Low German sepig (“soapy”), German seifig (“soapy”), Swedis

From soap + -y. Compare German Low German sepig (“soapy”), German seifig (“soapy”), Swedish såpig (“soapy”).

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Forms

soapier, soapiest
Comparativesoapier Lesson
Superlativesoapiest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

9 synonyms
soaplikesoaped up
Close in meaning

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
soapy — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto