Clingingly
adv
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 In a clinging manner; tenaciously or possessively.
"But how happy can the ending be when two desperate people live clingingly ever after, mostly because they are tired of the lives they have been leading and not because they find each other appealing and want actively to change their lives?"
Example
More examples"But how happy can the ending be when two desperate people live clingingly ever after, mostly because they are tired of the lives they have been leading and not because they find each other appealing and want actively to change their lives?"
Etymology
From clinging + -ly.
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