Unclingy

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not (emotionally) clingy.

    "His father believed in marriage by contract, and his mother believed in marriage and love. He was doomed. What was wrong with discreet relationships with a palette of unclingy females that left him free and unrestricted?"

Example

More examples

"His father believed in marriage by contract, and his mother believed in marriage and love. He was doomed. What was wrong with discreet relationships with a palette of unclingy females that left him free and unrestricted?"

Etymology

From un- + clingy.

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