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Meaning of "clingingly" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF CLINGINGLY

ˈklɪŋɪŋlɪ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CLINGINGLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Clingingly is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES CLINGINGLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of clingingly in the English dictionary

The definition of clingingly in the dictionary is in a clinging way.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CLINGINGLY

accordingly · amazingly · astonishingly · exceedingly · increasingly · interestingly · knowingly · livingly · longingly · lovingly · ringingly · seemingly · singingly · slangingly · stingingly · stunningly · surprisingly · swingingly · twangingly · willingly

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CLINGINGLY

clindamycin · cline · cling · cling like a leech · clinger · clingfilm · clingfish · clinginess · clinging · clinging vine · clingingness · clingstone · clingwrap · clingy · clinic · clinical · clinical depression · clinical governance · clinical psychologist · clinical psychology

WORDS THAT END LIKE CLINGINGLY

compellingly · convincingly · correspondingly · despairingly · excitingly · irritatingly · jokingly · outstandingly · painstakingly · shockingly · sickeningly · singly · sparingly · staggeringly · strikingly · strongly · swimmingly · unknowingly · unsurprisingly · unwittingly · wearingly

Synonyms and antonyms of clingingly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «clingingly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CLINGINGLY

Find out the translation of clingingly to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of clingingly from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «clingingly» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

clingingly
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

Clingingly
570 millions of speakers
en

English

clingingly
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

clingingly
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

clingingly
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

clingingly
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

Clingingly
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

clingingly
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

clingingly
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Berpaut
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Clingingly
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

clingingly
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

clingingly
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Clingingly
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

clingingly
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

clingingly
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

दणकटपणे
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

clingingly
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

Clingingly
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

clingingly
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

clingingly
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

clingingly
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

clingingly
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

clingingly
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

clingingly
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

clingingly
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of clingingly

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CLINGINGLY»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of clingingly
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about clingingly

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CLINGINGLY»

Discover the use of clingingly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to clingingly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Love: Bondage or Liberation?: A Psycholological Exploration ...
Let us look at the clingingly attached–avoidantly attached pairings that are based on fear. In this dynamic, as Pickering points out, perfectly valid needs for distance or closeness in a relationship are experienced as a polarity by each partner: ...
Deirdre Johnson, 2010
2
ספר הזהר
The formulation clingingly comes the Christological Father only Cf. Liebes, Studies On the verse 404. On the 353. 408. For ond half of the Tif'eret, (the sun), ( the moon) with lamps. This loving nah, who is your certainly so! O that he would kiss ...
Daniel Chanan Matt, 2009
3
Manson: The Life and Times of Charles Manson
In addition to stunning revelations about Charles Manson, the book contains family photographs never before published.
Jeff Guinn, 2013
4
Emotion and reproduction
established— with special emphasis on infertility-specific structure dominants— for these childless couples a clingingly symbiotic pattern of relationship as the most frequent profile. As shown in Fig. 5, in the self, and partly also the partner, ...
L. Carenza, L. Zichella, 1979
5
A musical genius from Australia: selected writings by and ...
selected writings by and about Percy Grainger Percy Grainger, University of Western Australia. School of Music, Callaway International Resource Centre for Music Education Teresa Balough. i clingingly. - ed my poor heart then where e ver ...
Teresa Balough, Percy Grainger, University of Western Australia. School of Music, 1997
6
Elizabeth Bacon Custer and the Making of a Myth
60 Whatever her gifts or abilities, Greenwood cautioned the disappointed poet to remember, "True feminine genius is ever timid, doubtful, and clingingly dependent; a perpetual childhood. A true woman shrinks instinctively from greatness.
‎1998
7
The Choir Invisible
Amy turned back to the bed and shook out delicately the white muslin dress - the dress that John had hung on the wall of his cabin - that had wound itself around his figure so clingingly. There was silence in the room. Amy had now reached ...
James Lane Allen, 1stworld Library, 2005
8
A Tramp Abroad (Sparklesoup Classics)
... singer; but it is a most clingingly exact translation of DORT OBEN WUNDERBAR--fits it like a blister. Mr. Garnham's reproduction has other merits-- a hundred of them-- but it is not necessary to point them out. They will be detected. No one ...
Mark Twain, Mark Twain, Compiled by Sparklesoup, 2004
9
Susy: A Story of the Plains
... put her slim, slippered foot upon the low fender, drawing, with a quick hand, the whole width of her skirt behind her until it clingingly accented the long, graceful curve from her hip to her feet. All this was so unlike her usual fastidiousness and  ...
Bret Harte, 2006
10
Personality Types: Using the Enneagram for Self-Discovery
Unhealthy: Become clingingly dependent and self -disparaging, with acute inferiority feelings. Seeing themselves as helpless and incompetent, they seek out a stronger authority or belief to resolve all problems. Submissive and masochistic.
Don Richard Riso, Russ Hudson, 1996

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CLINGINGLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term clingingly is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Blueberry lime yogurt cake
On Friday night, it was so clingingly muggy and hot that we turned on the air conditioning. On Saturday night, after a day of plunging ... «Christian Science Monitor, Jun 15»
2
Discovering Corfu's charms
Just as Durrell wrote all those years ago, “the magic of the island settled over us as gently and clingingly as pollen. Each day had a tranquility, ... «Aberdeen Press and Journal, Feb 15»
3
Un ballet de couture signé Dolce & Gabbana
From a Cleopatra in a clingingly sexy gold and black lace and jacquard cocktail, shod in real gold filament high heels, a look so sizzling it ... «Madame Figaro, Feb 15»
4
Local cafe offers alternative to foreign franchises
They are traced to small cafes with minimum or no seating areas, all wafting a peculiar blend of aromas that is clingingly sweet and reminds ... «China Post, Dec 14»
5
Succession and instability in Africa
... frailness, and inequities; if they had humbled themselves in power and had recognised their time when it had come and, other than clingingly ... «Independent, Dec 14»
6
Book review: Last Days of the Bus Club, by Chris Stewart
... whose days were reliably as "glossy and colourful as a child's transfer" and where the charms of foreignness settled "as gently and clingingly ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Aug 14»
7
'Wonderland' review: It's rock. It's roll. It's Stacey D'Erasmo's latest …
Not surprisingly, her wallowing can feel clingingly self-indulgent, especially as it's delivered in first-person. In contrast to the rich, often tender ... «The Oregonian, May 14»
8
Peggy Drexler
Success is a fickle lover--clingingly devoted today, then moving out tomorrow without a word. Of course, from the point of view of Mom, I think ... «Huffington Post, Apr 14»
9
Private Lives, Melbourne Theatre Company – review
Sybil (Lucy Durack) is clingingly feminine. “I hate these half-masculine women who go banging about,” she tells Elyot. “I should think you ... «The Guardian, Jan 14»
10
?I hear Gore?s voice and I want so much to be with him?
He dances clingingly, caressingly, with his brow against mine, cheeks touching. Gore saw us dancing often together, and although he doesn't ... «Daily Beast, Oct 13»
REFERENCE
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