stickily

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Definition

Adverb: * In a sticky, adhesive, or viscous manner; characterized by a gluey or tacky quality that causes things to adhere.

Usage

The adverb "stickily" is used to describe how an action is performed with a sticky, glue-like quality. It modifies verbs, most commonly those related to movement, adhesion, or sensation. * It describes something moving or behaving in a way that suggests resistance due to viscosity. * It describes something being covered or coated in a substance that is adhesive.

Examples

• The syrup dripped stickily from the spoon onto the pancake.
• His fingers pulled apart stickily after handling the melted candy.
• The humid air clung stickily to her skin.

Advanced Usage

• Figurative Use: Can be used metaphorically to describe an unpleasant, clinging, or hard-to-escape situation or feeling.
  • The memory of the mistake clung stickily to his conscience.

Variants and Related Words

• Sticky (adjective): Having the property of adhering to a surface; gluey.
  • The sticky tape held the package together.
• Stickiness (noun): The quality or state of being sticky.
  • The stickiness of the glue made it very effective.

Synonyms

• Adhesively
• Viscously
• Glutinously
• Clingingly

Antonyms

• Dryly
• Smoothly
• Slickly

Học thuật

Adverb

1. in a sticky viscid manner
   • he felt the blood move stickily from his split scalp and trickle down his forehead

Từ đồng nghĩa

• viscidly