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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The dead hand of the late Thorne Smith lies clammily on Author Langley's pages.
From Time Magazine Archive
Their clothes do not stick clammily to their flanks.
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
The mist, which was getting thicker, rested clammily on his face, and crawled in denser wreaths among the black trunks which stood out here and there from the encircling gloom.
From The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound by Harold Bindloss
