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adhesively

adhesively

4.6
By sticking to a surface with glue or tape
  • adverb
  • /ədˈhiːsɪvli/
translation icon : de manera adhesiva
  • The label was adhesively stuck to the box to ensure it wouldn't come off during shipping.
  • adhesively bonded
  • adhesively bonded joints

Examples

  • The custom postage will be in stamp-like form, adhesively backed, and will be provided on sheets with a predetermined number of pieces of custom postage per sheet.

    Blog text (17)
  • Some of these devices are surgically implantable (intranasally); others are adhesively mounted (externally).

    Academic text (2004)
  • Following the recommendation of the manufacturer, re-cementation was conducted adhesively.

    Academic text (2016)
  • Not that she was intrusive, or noisy, or adhesively solicitous, like the mothers of most of their friends.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • Four of those crowns had been luted adhesively, and two had been cemented conventionally with glass-ionomer cement.

    Academic text (2016)
  • He applied the wallpaper adhesively, making sure it adhered tightly to the wall.

  • The poster was adhesively attached to the board, so it wouldn't sag or fall down.

Synonyms

stickily
vsadhesively
1 4.6

In a thick, wet way that makes things cling together

is used to make something attach firmly to a surface using glue
tackily
vsadhesively
6.8

In a slightly sticky way because it is not fully dry

is used to make something attach firmly to a surface using glue

How Sticky

stickily
1 4.6
adhesively
4.6
tackily
6.8
damply
1 2.5

Surface Forms

adhesively positive

Morphology

adhesively = adhesive (transparent) = adhesive + ly

The adverb is a regular formation from the adjective 'adhesive' using the productive suffix '-ly', yielding 'in a sticky manner'.

Etymology

Adhesively comes from Latin parts ad- ('to') and haerere ('to stick'), and you can see the same root in adhere and adhesive. So, adhesively means doing something 'in a way that sticks' or attaches to a surface.