clingily
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clingily (comparative more clingily, superlative most clingily)
- In a clingy manner.
- 2011, Nancy McWilliams, Psychoanalytic Diagnosis, Second Edition, page 317:
- In the high-functioning range they can be charming when operating regressively; in the borderline and psychotic ranges histrionic clients may become physically ill, clingily dependent, whiny and demanding, or addicted to crisis.