clammilyadv.
/ˈklamɪli/ In a clammy manner.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > viscosity > [adverb]
glutinously1620
viscidly1821
clammily1844
viscously1878
slably1881
tackily1903
1844 Hood's Mag. May 415 Wipe those poor lips of hers Oozing so clammily.
1853 Fraser's Mag. 48 695 [It] comes fitfully, coldly, clammily, as a breath escaped from the charnel-house.
1878 J. T. Trowbridge Guy Vernon in G. P. Lathrop Masque of Poets 247 Perspiring clammily Over some fearful secret in the family.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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