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stickily

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

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
tackily
vsstickily
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
adhesively
vsstickily
4.6

By sticking to a surface with glue or tape

describes the sticky thick quality itself rather than purposeful attachment

Antonyms

smoothly
173 2.3

In an easy, calm way without problems or embarrassment

How Sticky

stickily
1 4.6
tackily
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.