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Definition of Gluey
1. Adjective. Having the sticky properties of an adhesive.
Similar to: Adhesive
Derivative terms: Glue, Glueyness, Gluiness, Gluten, Glutinosity, Glutinousness, Gum, Gumminess, Mucilage, Mucilage, Paste, Stickiness, Viscidity, Viscidness
Definition of Gluey
1. a. Viscous; glutinous; of the nature of, or like, glue.
Definition of Gluey
1. Adjective. Viscous and adhesive, as glue. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gluey
1. resembling glue [adj GLUIER, GLUIEST] : GLUILY [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gluey
Literary usage of Gluey
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Edinburgh Literary Journal; Or, Weekly Register of Criticism and Belles by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1830)
"... The fate of nations;—the king alone I< fetter'd down to a gluey throne ; While
all the ministers round him ..."
2. Text-book of Homeopathic Materia Medica by George Royal (1920)
"abraded exudes a gluey moisture; fickle, changeable mood (Pulsatilla). Skin.
"Hard and cracked in hands; unhealthy skin, ..."
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