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Clammily

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clam·my  (klm)
adj. clam·mi·er, clam·mi·est
1. Disagreeably moist, sticky, and cold to the touch: a clammy handshake.
2. Damp and unpleasant: clammy weather.
3. Uneasy; apprehensive: The ghost town gave us a clammy feeling.
[Middle English, sticky, probably from clam (from Old English, mud, clay) or from Middle Low German klam, stickiness.]
clammi·ly adv.
clammi·ness n.
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Adv.1.clammily - in a clammy manner


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You imagined him clammily cold to the touch, like a snake.
The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context
Still, for all slips of hers, One of Eve's family-- Wipe those poor lips of hers Oozing so clammily, Loop up her tresses Escaped from the comb, Her fair auburn tresses; Whilst wonderment guesses Where was her home?
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