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
- gluier
- gluiest
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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