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viscously

viscously

7.6
In a thick, sticky way that makes liquids move slowly
  • adverb
  • /ˈvɪskəsli/
translation icon : viscosamente
  • The syrup poured viscously over the pancakes, adding a sweet, thick topping.

Examples

  • 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.

  • Galgani viscously eyes his men.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • After the rain, the mud became viscously sticky and difficult to walk through.

Synonyms

thickly
vsviscously
7 1.3

In a dense way that forms a thick layer

is more about stickiness and slow flow not mere density
viscidly
vsviscously
9.9

In a thick, sticky way that clings to surfaces

adds emphasis on being slow to flow
gelatinously
vsviscously
7.4

In a way that is like jelly and moves slowly and wobbles

is stickier and stresses slow flow rather than wobble

Antonyms

173 2.3

In an easy, calm way without problems or embarrassment

How Viscous

viscously
7.6
thickly
7 1.3
thinly
24 1.2
fluidly
4 3.8

Surface Forms

viscously positive

Morphology

viscously = viscous (transparent) = viscous + ly

Standard adverbial formation from the adjective 'viscous'; the meaning 'in a thick, sticky manner' is directly derived.

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.