cling
verb (used without object)
to adhere closely; stick to.
clingingly
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a word derived from
cling.
Example Sentences
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When Assistant Principal Samuel S. Jaffe of Brooklyn's Public School No. 150 wanted to say singer, hanger, longing, banging, clingingly, his tongue betrayed him.
From Time Magazine Archive
The walk had a roof of lattice work supported by wooden pillars; round which, an image of woman's love, the honeysuckle clingingly twined, diffusing sweets.
From A Love Story by A Bushman
She shrank against him, clingingly and protectingly, and he laughed with surety.
From The Game by London, Jack
To his clingingly audacious supplications in behalf of the crazed Paul, Pierre had heard an imperious voice whisper: "Do equity!"
From Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898 by Lee, Carson Jay
Bertha, in her clingingly affectionate way, knelt down beside Madeleine, and laid in her lap two ancient-looking jewel-cases, her bridal gift to Madeleine.
From Fairy Fingers A Novel by Ritchie, Anna Cora Ogden Mowatt
