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  • adjective superlative form of clingy: most clingy.

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Examples

  • Even in the deepest, clingiest of relationships, I can start on a hobby, work, and simply forget my partner exists for the next five hours.

    Wrong Planet Asperger / Autism Forums 2009

  • Rifle fire tends to deter all but the clingiest, who may have to be detached from their gummy emplacements with gum-dissolving fluids in spray canisters.

    Hooting Yard 2008

  • Or the scene two years later when he’s the clingiest kid in his playgroup, pacifier dangling from his lips night and day, because he never got enough oral gratification.

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: New Moms Jack Canfield 2011

  • Or the scene two years later when he’s the clingiest kid in his playgroup, pacifier dangling from his lips night and day, because he never got enough oral gratification.

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: New Moms Jack Canfield 2011

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