clammy
adjective
covered with a cold, sticky moisture; cold and damp.
clammily
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a word derived from
clammy.
Example Sentences
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Their clothes do not stick clammily to their flanks.
From Time Magazine Archive
The dead hand of the late Thorne Smith lies clammily on Author Langley's pages.
From Time Magazine Archive
She twitched her own shoulders fretfully under the silk that stuck clammily against her skin.
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
Worst of all, you don’t even stay dry; the waterproofs keep out the rain but make you sweat so much that soon you are clammily sodden.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
A streamer of horrid whiteness swung across his vision; slithered clammily over the glass of one of the forward ports.
From Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 by Various
