clammily

clam·my

(klăm′ē)

adj. clam·mi·er, clam·mi·est

1. Disagreeably moist, sticky, and cold to the touch: a clammy handshake.

2. Damp and unpleasant: clammy weather.

3. Uneasy; apprehensive: The ghost town gave us a clammy feeling.

[Middle English, sticky, probably from clam (from Old English, mud, clay) or from Middle Low German klam, stickiness.]

clam′mi·ly adv.

clam′mi·ness n.

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Adv.

clammily - in a clammy manner

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glutinoso

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You imagined him clammily cold to the touch, like a snake.

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Still, for all slips of hers, One of Eve's family-- Wipe those poor lips of hers Oozing so clammily, Loop up her tresses Escaped from the comb, Her fair auburn tresses; Whilst wonderment guesses Where was her home?

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The clammily kaleidoscopic visuals, however, made the whole thing resemble a 30-minute-long bad trip.