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clammily

clammily adverb: in a clammy manner.

Adverb

clammily (comparative more clammily, superlative most clammily)

  1. In a clammy manner.
    • These are swept aside and rise clammily through the air.1934, Henry G. Lamond, An Aviary on the Plains, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 169

Forms of clammily

comparativemore clammily
superlativemost clammily

Origin of clammily

From clammy + -ly.

Questions about clammily

What does clammily mean?
Clammily means in a clammy manner.
What part of speech is clammily?
Clammily is an adverb.

Words near clammily in the dictionary

  1. clammers
  2. clammersome
  3. clammest
  4. clammier
  5. clammiest
  6. clammily
  7. clamminess
  8. clamming
  9. clamming up
  10. clammish
  11. clammishness

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