adjective
- covered with or containing soap
- resembling soap in texture, appearance, or slipperiness
- excessively sentimental or melodramatic
Usage: informal
Examples
- Her hands were still soapy from washing the dishes.
- The soapy water made the floor dangerously slippery.
- I need to rinse the soapy residue off these plates.
- The rock had a strange soapy texture when wet.
- The movie was too soapy for my taste, with all that melodrama.
- She wrung out the soapy sponge before putting it away.