viscously
1
7.6
In a thick, sticky way that makes liquids move slowly
- adverb
- /ˈvɪskəsli/
:
viscosamente
- 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
thickly
vsviscously
8
1.3
In a dense way that forms a thick layer
is more about stickiness and slow flow not mere density
gelatinously
vsviscously
1
7.4
In a way that is like jelly and moves slowly and wobbles
is stickier and stresses slow flow rather than wobble
viscidly
vsviscously
9.9
In a thick, sticky way that clings to surfaces
adds emphasis on being slow to flow
Antonyms
How Viscous
Surface Forms
viscously positive
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.