gluey

English

Etymology

From Middle English glewy; equivalent to glue +‎ -y.

Adjective

gluey (comparative gluier, superlative gluiest)

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

Translations

viscous and adhesive, as glue

Bulgarian: лепкав (bg) (lepkav)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 膠狀／胶状 (zh) (jiāozhuàng), 膠質／胶质 (zh) (jiāozhì), 粘著, 粘着 (zh) (niánzhuó)
Finnish: tahmainen, tahmea (fi)
German: klebrig (de)
Hungarian: enyves (hu), ragadós (hu), ragacsos (hu)
Irish: gliúch
Italian: colloso (it)
Portuguese: grudento (pt) m, pegajoso (pt) m
Romanian: lipicios (ro)
Spanish: pegajoso (es)
Swedish: klistrig, klibbig (sv)

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