Antonyms for gluey

Grammar : Adj

Spell : gloo-ee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈglu i

Definition of gluey

Origin : late 14c., from glue (n.) + -y (2).

As in pasty : adj sticky
As in sticky : adj gummy, adhesive
As in viscous : adj sticky, gummy
As in gummy : adj sticky
As in glutinous : adj viscous
As in mucilaginous : adj viscous
As in viscid : adj viscous
As in viscose : adj viscous
As in gelatinous : adj coagulated
As in gooey : adj sticky, gummy

Example sentences :

They had eaten all the cookies but one, which got wet and dissolved in a gluey paste.
Extract from : « Chicken Little Jane » by Lily Munsell Ritchie

The road was not miry, but gluey, and reluctant, and wearisome to the tread.
Extract from : « The Entail » by John Galt

Sudden, thunderous outpourings of acidulous and gluey fluid.
Extract from : « After the Rain » by Sam Vaknin

Sicilian is gluey and evasive, as if the Sicilian didn't want to speak straight to you.
Extract from : « Sea and Sardinia » by D. H. Lawrence

Instead of grasping the tin, my fingers closed on a sticky, gluey mass.
Extract from : « Trenching at Gallipoli » by John Gallishaw

Others place it in the middle of a soft and gluey substance, to which they carefully stick many feathers.
Extract from : « The Looking-Glass for the Mind » by M. Berquin

His skin was cold and clammy; a gluey moisture rested on his cheek; and his teeth were dark and discolored.
Extract from : « Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I (of II) » by Charles James Lever

He drew off nine quarts of gluey, viscid fluid, and her pain was wholly relieved.
Extract from : « A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II » by Various

The nails were discolored, knobby, easily bleeding and covered with a gluey eruption.
Extract from : « New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers » by Various

Lime, līm, n. any slimy or gluey material: bird-lime: the white caustic earth from limestone, and used for cement.
Extract from : « Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) » by Various

Synonyms for gluey

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