viscidly

viscidly
See viscidity.

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  • viscidly — adverb see viscid …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • viscidly — adverb Done in a viscid fashion or manner …   Wiktionary

  • viscidly — adv. viscously, stickily, in a viscous manner …   English contemporary dictionary

  • viscidly — adverb in a sticky viscid manner he felt the blood move stickily from his split scalp and trickle down his forehead • Syn: ↑stickily • Derived from adjective: ↑viscid, ↑sticky (for: ↑stickily) …   Useful english dictionary

  • stickily — adverb in a sticky viscid manner he felt the blood move stickily from his split scalp and trickle down his forehead • Syn: ↑viscidly • Derived from adjective: ↑viscid (for: ↑viscidly), ↑sticky …   Useful english dictionary

  • viscid — adjective Etymology: Late Latin viscidus, from Latin viscum birdlime more at viscous Date: 1635 1. a. having an adhesive quality ; sticky b. having a glutinous consistency ; viscous 2. covered with a sticky layer • viscidity …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • viscid — viscidity, viscidness, n. viscidly, adv. /vis id/, adj. 1. having a glutinous consistency; sticky; adhesive; viscous. 2. Bot. covered by a sticky substance. [1625 35; < LL viscidus, equiv. to L visc(um) mistletoe, birdlime made from mistletoe +… …   Universalium

  • viscid — /ˈvɪsəd / (say visuhd) adjective 1. sticky, adhesive, or glutinous; of a glutinous consistency; viscous. 2. Botany covered by a sticky substance, as a leaf. {Late Latin viscidus, from Latin viscum birdlime} –viscidity /vəˈsɪdəti/ (say vuh… …  

  • viscid — [vis′id] adj. [LL viscidus, sticky < L viscum, birdlime: see VISCOUS] 1. having a cohesive and sticky fluid consistency; viscous 2. covered with a viscid substance viscidity [vi sid′ə tē] n. viscidly adv …   English World dictionary

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