Adhesive
[əd'hiːsɪv;-zɪv] or [əd'hisɪv]
Definition
(a.) Sticky; tenacious, as glutinous substances.
(a.) Apt or tending to adhere; clinging.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Sticking, clinging, tending to adhere.[2]. Sticky, tenacious, tough, viscous, glutinous, smeary, dauby, stringy, ropy, gummy, clammy.
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Examples
- They all appear to be adhesive, and there is a distinct odour of lime-cream. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- In applying them for the purpose of obtaining instantaneous light, they were mixed together in an adhesive menstruum, into which the ends of small rectangular matches were dipped. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Perhaps there might have been some defect in the adhesive gum? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
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