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adhæsive

adhæsive is the obsolete form of adhesive.

Meaning of adhesive

Adjective

adhesive (comparative more adhesive, superlative most adhesive)

  1. Sticky; tenacious, as glutinous substances.
    • adhesive material
    Synonyms:
    claggy
  2. Apt or tending to adhere; clinging.

See all 3 meanings of adhesive

Forms of adhæsive

comparativemore adhæsive
superlativemost adhæsive

Questions about adhæsive

What is adhæsive the obsolete form of?
Adhæsive is the obsolete form of adhesive.

Words near adhæsive in the dictionary

  1. adhærence
  2. adhærent
  3. adhærents
  4. adhæsion
  5. adhæsions
  6. adhæsive
  7. Adi
  8. Adi Granth
  9. Adi-Buddha
  10. adi-guru
  11. adi-gurus

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Adapted from Wiktionary: adhæsive (page history and authors); adhesive (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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