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Gluey

adj

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Viscous and adhesive, as glue.

    "The daily diet consisted of a slice of black, gluey bread with tea and one watery soup with a few frozen cabbage leaves in it."

Adjective
  1. 1
    having the sticky properties of an adhesive wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English glewy; equivalent to glue + -y.

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