gluey

English

Etymology

glue +‎ -y

Adjective

gluey (comparative gluier, superlative gluiest)

1. Viscous and adhesive, as glue.
   • 1984, Herman Carmel, Black days, white nights

     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.

Synonyms

• sticky
• gummy
• tacky

Translations

viscous and adhesive, as glue

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 膠狀 (cmn), 胶状 (cmn) (jiāozhuàng), 膠質 (cmn), 胶质 (cmn) (jiāozhì), 粘著 (cmn), 粘着 (cmn) (niánzhuó)

• Finnish: tahmainen (fi), tahmea (fi)
• German: klebrig (de)
• Hungarian: enyves (hu), ragadós (hu), ragacsos (hu)