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clammy(dictionary)

clammy (iou)



clammy adjective. ['klami] LME.
[from CLAM verb1 or adjective + -Y1.]
Moist, usu. cold, and sticky or slimy; damp and cold.
Southey The cold sweat stands Upon his clammy limbs. D. H. Lawrence The wind drifted a clammy fog across the hills. J. Masters The clammy sari was clinging to my body.
clammily adverb M19.
clamminess noun E16.