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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Clammy \Clam"my\, a. [Compar. {Clammier}; superl. {Clammiest}.]
     [Cf. AS. cl[=a]m clay. See {Clam} to clog, and cf. {Clay}.]
     Having the quality of being viscous or adhesive; soft and
     sticky; glutinous; damp and adhesive, as if covered with a
     cold perspiration.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  clammy
       adj : unpleasantly cool and humid; "a clammy handshake"; "clammy
             weather"; "a dank cellar"; "dank rain forests" [syn: {dank}]
       [also: {clammiest}, {clammier}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  70 Moby Thesaurus words for "clammy":
     adhesive, amylaceous, bathed in sweat, beaded with sweat,
     clabbered, close, clotted, coagulated, curdled, damp, diaphoretic,
     doughy, drenched with sweat, foggy, gaumy, gelatinous, glairy,
     gluelike, gluey, glutenous, glutinose, glutinous, gooey, grumous,
     gumbo, gumbolike, gumlike, gummous, gummy, heavy, humid,
     in a sweat, inspissated, jelled, jellied, jellylike, misty, moist,
     mucilaginous, muggy, pasty, perspiring, perspiry, ropy, slabby,
     slimy, slithery, starchy, sticky, stodgy, stringy, sudatory,
     sudoric, sudorific, sweating, sweaty, syrupy, tacky, tenacious,
     thick, thickened, tough, tremelloid, tremellose, viscid, viscose,
     viscous, wet, wet with sweat, wilted
  
  

















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