Definition

Adverb: In a manner that is unpleasantly damp, cool, and sticky to the touch; with a moist, often cold, sweatiness.

Usage

The adverb "clammily" is used to describe how an action is performed, specifically one that results in or is characterized by a clammy quality. It modifies verbs.

Examples

• The feverish child's hand clung clammily to her mother's.
• The basement air hung clammily in the dark, unused room.
• He wiped his forehead, which was sweating clammily despite the cool weather.

Advanced Usage

• Figurative Use: Can be used metaphorically to describe an atmosphere or feeling that is oppressive and uncomfortably moist.
  • Tension settled clammily over the meeting room after the announcement.

Variants and Related Words

• Clammy (Adjective): The root adjective. Meaning unpleasantly damp and sticky.
  • His skin was cold and clammy.
• Clamminess (Noun): The state or quality of being clammy.
  • The clamminess of the cave walls was unsettling.

Synonyms

• Damply
• Moistly
• Stickily
• Soggily (implies more wetness)

Antonyms

• Dryly
• Crisply
• Aridly

Adverb

1. in a clammy manner