Only Mr. Radbolt's unctuousness—surely it would have smoothed the stormiest waves—saved the social situation.
In a word, after being tried out, the crisp, shrivelled blubber, now called scraps or fritters, still contains considerable of its unctuous properties.
In superior circles, however, introduction becomes more elaborate, more flattering, more unctuous.
The halls and passages of the castle were already permeated with rich and unctuous smells, and a delicate nose might have picked out and arranged, by their finer or coarser vapors, the dishes preparing for the upper and lower tables.