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Definition of Stickily
1. Adverb. In a sticky viscid manner. "He felt the blood move stickily from his split scalp and trickle down his forehead"
Definition of Stickily
1. Adjective. In a sticky manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Stickily
1. in a sticky manner [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stickily
Literary usage of Stickily
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Library Journal by American Library Association, Library Association (1914)
"... with horror stricken face, holding up hands dripping stickily with the bread
she is mixing. On Life she was saying, "Gracious, there's the telephone ! ..."
2. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept, Southern Pacific Company (1912)
"In his right hand he held the end of a long strip of raw meat that jerked with
every movement of his sinewy wrist and flapped stickily against his pajamas ..."
3. The Poetical Works of John Dryden by John Dryden (1909)
"Rope, be drawn into a thread (of some glutinous element), drop stickily, 458, 333.
Rout, throng, mob, rabble, 831, 742. Rovers. Shoot at rarer», vn 284', ..."
4. All the Year Round by Charles Dickens (1882)
"... nor shall I readily forget the cold sensation which traversed my spine when
a great hairy spider walked stickily and stiltedly, with pompous military ..."
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