stickily

1 4.6

In a thick, wet way that makes things cling together

adverb
/ˈstɪkɪli/

: pegajosamente

After several steps, a discarded piece of gum sticks to one of her shoes, stretching out stickily.

It's just like it's like little circles that are that like connect like stickily.

Examples

The wooden shims scattered and the linoleum split as the mighty appliance lurched stickily from its place.

Fiction book (2002)
It slid stickily against the thick, tight-woven silk of his undershirt, which in turn slid stickily against his skin.
Her warm thighs, stickily pressed together, tremble syncopatedly.

Fiction book (1991)
Honey spread stickily across the wooden floorboards.
After several steps, a discarded piece of gum sticks to one of her shoes, stretching out stickily.

Synonyms

adhesively

vsstickily

1 4.6

By sticking to a surface with glue or tape

describes the sticky thick quality itself rather than purposeful attachment

tackily

vsstickily

1 6.8

In a slightly sticky way because it is not fully dry

refers to a firmer sticky or thick texture rather than slight stickiness

viscidly

vsstickily

9.9

In a thick, sticky way that clings to surfaces

is broader, covering sticky, viscous, or thick manner rather than only viscous

Antonyms

smoothly

132 2.3

In an easy, calm way without problems or embarrassment

How Sticky

adhesively

1 4.6

stickily

1 4.6

tackily

1 6.8

Surface Forms

stickily positive

Morphology

stickily = sticky (transparent) = stick + y + ly

Formed by adding the productive adverbial suffix '-ly' to the adjective 'sticky', yielding the straightforward meaning 'in a sticky manner'.

Etymology

Stickily comes from the simple word stick plus the endings -y, meaning 'full of', and -ly, which makes it an adverb. So stickily means 'in a way that sticks', the same idea you see in sticky when something clings to a surface.