viscously
- adverb
- /ˈvɪskəsli/
- The syrup poured viscously over the pancakes, adding a sweet, thick topping.
Examples
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The process can be viewed as a kind of pipeline in which the energy flows downhill through a long inertial range and finally is dissipated in a viscously determined range of scales.
Academic text (1995) -
The honey flowed viscously from the jar, coating the toast in a thick layer.
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Galgani viscously eyes his men.
Fiction book (1998) -
After the rain, the mud became viscously sticky and difficult to walk through.
Synonyms
In a dense way that forms a thick layer
In a thick, sticky way that clings to surfaces
In a way that is like jelly and moves slowly and wobbles
Antonyms
How Viscous
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Viscously comes from the Latin viscosus, which meant 'sticky' like a thick glue. So, to move viscously is to move in a 'thick' and slow way, like honey or heavy oil.