Synonyms for gummy


Grammar : Adj
Spell : guhm-ee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈgʌm i


Définition of gummy

Origin :
  • late 14c., from gum (n.1) + -y (2). Related: Gumminess.
  • adj sticky
Example sentences :
  • The juice yielded was thick and gummy, and of a sweetish taste.
  • Extract from : « Seven and Nine years Among the Camanches and Apaches » by Edwin Eastman
  • He was full of happiness, gummy with it, like a plum ripe for pluckingor falling.
  • Extract from : « Old Mole » by Gilbert Cannan
  • But always there was the gummy mud, smelling of what I knew was below, to lead me on.
  • Extract from : « The Golden Butterfly » by Walter Besant
  • You run down to this number and get a good, gummy, pathetic yarn.
  • Extract from : « Local Color » by Irvin S. Cobb
  • In the gummy soils of the Dakotas, a long slant cut is the best.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest » by Oscar Micheaux
  • Mild or sweet ales, on the contrary, are less attenuated by lengthened fermentation, and abound in saccharine and gummy matter.
  • Extract from : « Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I » by Arnold Cooley
  • Then she offered me some candy, but it looked so gummy that I gave it to Karsten.
  • Extract from : « What Happened to Inger Johanne » by Dikken Zwilgmeyer
  • The White Walnut is the Butternut; the covering of the nut is sticky and gummy.
  • Extract from : « Woodcraft » by Alan Douglas
  • The steel parts should be examined and gummy oil eliminated.
  • Extract from : « Rules and Practice for Adjusting Watches » by Walter J. Kleinlein
  • You will very likely find a mass of gummy substance oozing from the tree.
  • Extract from : « The First Book of Farming » by Charles L. Goodrich

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