clingsome

comparative more clingsome · superlative most clingsome

1. Characterised by clinging or clinginess; clingy; adhesive.

   Presently we saw a tiny, wedge-shaped grey bird, with infinitesimal, clingsome feet, that glided in and out between the branches of the beech hedge like a noiseless, living shuttle.

   1916, Mary Findlater, Jane Helen Findlater, Content with Flies

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   he loose blouse-like shirt, in an artistic tint of faded green, was made remarkably full, and was of some soft clingsome material, probably flannelette, though this I was unable to get near enough to ascertain decisively.

   1907, Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Punch - Volume 132

   Synonyms: close-fitting, adhesive