ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Gluey

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Gluey is an adjective meaning Viscous and adhesive, as glue.

Meaning

Viscous and adhesive, as glue.

Example Sentences

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.
Substances float around each other until you crush them all with a blender. Add a bit of white miso, lemon juice, truffle oil, chives: survey your wreckage, which will be the wrong colour (cream with a hint of grey) and the wrong consistency (gluey).

Word Forms

Synonyms for gluey

Depending on context, synonyms include sticky, gummy, tacky, viscid, viscous, pasty.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include glutinous, viscid, viscous, adhesive, pasty, mucilaginous.

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