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GLUEYNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does glueyness mean? 

GLUEYNESS (noun)
  The noun GLUEYNESS has 1 sense:

1. the property of being cohesive and stickyplay

  Familiarity information: GLUEYNESS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GLUEYNESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The property of being cohesive and sticky

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

cohesiveness; glueyness; gluiness; gumminess; ropiness; tackiness; viscidity; viscidness

Hypernyms ("glueyness" is a kind of...):

viscosity; viscousness (resistance of a liquid to shear forces (and hence to flow))

Derivation:

gluey (having the sticky properties of an adhesive)


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