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Definition of Clammy
1. Adjective. Unpleasantly cool and humid. "Dank rain forests"
Definition of Clammy
1. a. Having the quality of being viscous or adhesive; soft and sticky; glutinous; damp and adhesive, as if covered with a cold perspiration.
Definition of Clammy
1. Adjective. Cold and damp, usually referring to hands or palms. ¹
2. Adjective. (medicine) The quality of normal skin signs, epidermis that is neither diaphragmatic nor dry ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Clammy
1. cold and damp [adj CLAMMIER, CLAMMIEST] : CLAMMILY [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clammy
Literary usage of Clammy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"glutinous (tech. or learned), agglutinative (learned); spec, clammy,
clam (dial.), gluey, past}-, stringy, ropy, ..."
2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1829)
"... for his and the clammy dew sat on the brow even of vigorous manhood—when
journeys undertaken at the approach of dawn, were eminently unsuccess- ful, ..."
3. Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-garden Displayed by John Sims (1825)
"The whole plant is covered with glandular hairs, which exude a clammy secretion.
Our plant was raised in the open ground, and, probably, ..."
4. In the Vine Country by Edith Œnone Somerville, Martin Ross (1893)
"as usual by the monkey, and in her softened mood my cousin endured the clammy
clutch of' Bamboo' upon her finger with scarcely a shudder. ..."
5. The Tree Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Trees of North America by Julia Ellen Rogers (1905)
"... curved spines on its twigs, and its new growth bears glandular but not viscid
hairs. The flowers are rosy THE clammy LOCUST (Robinia ..."
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