Both Uses of
unctuous
in
Atlas Shrugged
- At a signal from Wesley Mouch, his voice boomed suddenly over the prairie, an unctuous, fraudulently solemn voice magnified by the microphone inventor's ingenuity into the sound and power of a giant: "Ladies and gentlemen ….†
Chpt 3.3
- "Don't worry, Mr. Rearden," said an unctuous voice over a long distance telephone line from Washington, "I just wanted to assure you that you will not have to worry."†
Chpt 3.5 *
Definition:
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(unctuous) unpleasantly and insincerely charming or ingratiating in manner or speech