Definitions for CLAMMY
ˈklæm iclam·my

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. clammy, dankadjective

   unpleasantly cool and humid

   "a clammy handshake"; "clammy weather"; "a dank cellar"; "dank rain forests"

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. clammyadjective

   Cold and damp, usually referring to hands or palms.

   His hands were clammy from fright

2. clammyadjective

   The quality of normal skin signs, epidermis that is neither diaphragmatic nor dry

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Clammyadjective

   Viscous; glutinous; tenacious; adhesive; ropy.

   Etymology: from clamm.

   Bodies clammy and cleaving, are such as have an appetite, at once, to follow another body, and to hold to themselves. Francis Bacon, Natural History, №. 293.

   Neither the brain nor spirits can conserve motion: the former is of such a clammy consistence, it can no more retain it than a quagmire. Joseph Glanvill, Sceps. c. 6.

   Aghast he wak’d, and, starting from his bed,
   Cold sweats, in clammy drops, his limbs o’erspread. Dryden.

   I drop with clammy sweat. John Dryden, Fables.

   Joyful thou’lt see
   The clammy surface all o’er strown with tribes
   Of greedy insects. Philips.

   There is an unctuous clammy vapour that arises from the stum of grapes, when they lie mashed together in the vat, which puts out a light, when dipped into it. Joseph Addison, on Italy.

   The continuance of the fever, clammy sweats, paleness, and at last a total cessation of pain, are signs of a gangrene and approaching death. John Arbuthnot, on Diet.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 2 votes

1. Clammy

   having the quality of being viscous or adhesive; soft and sticky; glutinous; damp and adhesive, as if covered with a cold perspiration

2. Etymology: [Cf. AS. clm clay. See Clam to clog, and cf. Clay.]

How to pronounce CLAMMY?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of CLAMMY in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of CLAMMY in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of CLAMMY in a Sentence

1. Edgar Watson Howe:

   It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness seem to get the most out of it.

2. Mehmet Oz:

   While he was laying on the ground he started to shake and he went from being clammy to he had a temperature of 103 by the time he got to the ER.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=CLAMMY
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Clammy
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=CLAMMY
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/CLAMMY