clingy
adjective
apt to cling; adhesive or tenacious.
clingier
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comparativeof clingy.comparative
The form of an adjective or adverb indicating a greater degree of a quality.
Example Sentences
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Forged in supernovae, magnetars are imbued with magnetic fields a trillion times clingier than refrigerator magnets, strong enough to split x-ray photons and stretch normal atoms into oblong shapes.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 8, 2021
Back in Silver Spring, Yamel Alcantara’s 2-year-old has become clingier than usual, asking to be carried most of the time.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 17, 2020
Later on, Rebecca revealed that while she and Alex are also pet parents to two sister cats, Ziggy is “by far the clingier of the two.”
From Fox News ● Mar. 4, 2020
To date, it has involved a lot of leather in outsize blouson proportions and knitwear in clingier, artier forms.
From New York Times ● Feb. 18, 2020
Cats are clingier to their human owners than their reputation would suggest.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 13, 2019
