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[ kling-ee ] / ˈklɪŋ i / SEE SYNONYMS FOR clingy ON THESAURUS.COM
adjective, cling·i·er, cling·i·est.apt to cling; adhesive or tenacious: a clingy fabric. Origin of clingyFirst recorded in 1700–10; cling1 + -y1 OTHER WORDS FROM clingycling·i·ness, nounWords nearby clingyclingfish, clinging vine, Clingmans Dome, cling peach, clingstone, clingy, clinic, clinical, clinical depression, clinical diagnosis, clinical genetics Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for clingyOver the years, Miss Piggy has been faulted for her clingy, seemingly obsessive relationship with Kermit the Frog. Miss Piggy Leans In|Erin Cunningham|March 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST Vivian Salama on why Yemenis can't shake their clingy ex-president. Abdullah Saleh: Yemen’s Unsackable Leader|Vivian Salama|February 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST If Karzai were a clingy ex, Obama could then change his phone number or, in the worst-case scenario, file a restraining order. Is Saving Karzai Worth U.S. Lives?|Reihan Salam|November 12, 2009|DAILY BEAST So true to life that Googling “Aniston” and “clingy” returns over 23,000 results. 15 Love Lessons for Jen... from Jen|Henry Seltzer|February 11, 2009|DAILY BEAST
The stuff was spongy and sticky and clingy, and he had now sunk deep into it up to his stomach. Zip, the Adventures of a Frisky Fox Terrier|Frances Trego Montgomery I hed a gown o' thet once: it was drefful kind o' clingy stuff. Mercy Philbrick's Choice|Helen Hunt Jackson And when he had made up his mind what to do he gritted his teeth and put both arms about the Clingy Thing. Princeton Stories|Jesse Lynch Williams She was as remote as the stars, he knew, yet a moment before he had felt her soft, clingy scarf blowing against his face. God's Green Country|Ethel M. Chapman
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