Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Apt to cling; adhesive.
Wiktionary
- adj. Having a tendency to cling.
- adj. informal, usually derogatory Pathetically possessive of someone, usually a significant other.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. rare Apt to cling; adhesive.
Examples
“I would love to wear more dresses and skirts because you are right about T-shirts and jeans, but the skirts are too short and are meant to be worn bare-legged and the dresses are halter or strapless or made of thin clingy material, etc.”
Modest Feminine Dress From the Pages of 1990 Victoria Magazine
“I think many women have become wary of seeming to want or need a man for fear of appearing 'clingy' or weak.”
“I really don't want Moffat to write Rose because he doesn't like her and I can see him writing her as a "clingy" ex-girlfriend if he felt forced to tie up the Doctor/Rose story.”
“I think that his comment about her being "clingy" was just a smoke screen for whatever is going to happen.”
“I only have to say one word for him to know what I mean, "clingy".”
“I bet she wore some kind of clingy knit top that was sexy as hell while also being perfectly era-appropriate.”
“With only 8 days to go, I'm getting a little "clingy" with Leo, but he doesn't seem to mind.”
“And everyone has a friend like this, who ` s kind of clingy and like says the wrong thing, doesn ` t know when to call it a night, but Owen Wilson ` s character is so over-the-top.”
“I am kind of clingy and protective around him lately.”
“In fact, now and then, if a girl had come back more than once with him and seemed liable to grow what he termed "clingy," Jack would take a few moments of relaxed, post-coital time to ring Ivor -- reconnecting the phone briefly, if necessary -- while she looked on and listened.”
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