gluey

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gluey

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From Middle English glewy; equivalent to glue + -y.

adjective gluier · gluiest

Viscous and adhesive, as glue. The daily diet consisted of a slice of black, gluey bread with tea and one watery soup with a few frozen cabbage leaves in it.
Similar: sticky, gummy, tacky

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adj viscous and adhesive, as glue

Español	pegajoso
中文	膠狀 /胶状 jiāozhuàng, 膠質 /胶质 jiāozhì, 粘著, 粘着 niánzhuó
Português	grudento, pegajoso
Deutsch	klebrig
Italiano	colloso
Română	lipicios

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@misc{gluey_2026,
  title = {gluey},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gluey},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}