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clingingly

clingingly adverb: in a clinging manner; tenaciously or possessively.

Adverb

clingingly (comparative more clingingly, superlative most clingingly)

  1. In a clinging manner; tenaciously or possessively.
    • But how happy can the ending be when two desperate people live clingingly ever after, mostly because they are tired of the lives they have been leading and not because they find each other appealing and want actively to change their lives?1983 December 31, Kenneth Hale-Wehmann, “The Business of Sex and Affection”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 24, page 17

Forms of clingingly

comparativemore clingingly
superlativemost clingingly

Origin of clingingly

From clinging + -ly.

Questions about clingingly

What does clingingly mean?
Clingingly means in a clinging manner; tenaciously or possessively.
What part of speech is clingingly?
Clingingly is an adverb.

Words near clingingly in the dictionary

  1. clinging on
  2. clinging to
  3. clinging to the skirts of
  4. clinging vine
  5. clinging vines
  6. clingingly
  7. clingingness
  8. clingings
  9. Clingman
  10. Clingmans
  11. Clingmans Dome

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