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  • adjective comparative form of clingy: more clingy

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Examples

  • And I'm even more bitter and "clingier" than I was just a few days ago.

    Latest Articles 2008

  • They dated a guy who was clingier than they wanted.

    Men, women flip the script in gender expectation 2011

  • Typically, she said, the youngest children, up to 5 years old, may become clingier or regress in some “milestone” areas, such as toilet training.

    Impact of Deployments on Children - SpouseBUZZ 2009

  • She's clingier than she's ever been all of a sudden.

    Archive 2007-05-01 kittenpie 2007

  • In general, I think guys are clingier than girls, but his displays of affection, and constant questions did make me feel I was back at the island, and not in the states.

    Archive 2009-09-01 floreta 2009

  • Sadly though that also means he's far clingier than Jaya and this is what I (and his other favourite, Lolly, when she's here) get several times a day.

    tequilamonky Diary Entry tequilamonky 2009

  • In general, I think guys are clingier than girls, but his displays of affection, and constant questions did make me feel I was back at the island, and not in the states.

    TMI Thursday: Nip Lick floreta 2009

  • She's clingier than she's ever been all of a sudden.

    Reporting Live From the Other Side of Three kittenpie 2007

  • But his step-dad pointed something out to me as we started really working through some of our crap together: my kid gets clingier as he and I get closer.

    Archive 2008-01-01 Sage 2008

  • Then, yeah, the past few days he's been clingier than usual, telling me he loves me more than usual and has also taken to regularly telling me that I'm his favourite person.

    Oooh, A Puzzle Piece! emu-head 2008

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