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gummy

Gummy, a. [Compar. Gummer (Gummirst.]

Consisting of gum; viscous; adhesive; producing or containing gum; covered with gum or a substance resembling gum. Kindles the gummy bark of fir or pine. Milton. Then rubs his gummy eyes. Dryden. Gummy tumor (Med.), a gumma.

Shades of meaning

Fernald has no entry of its own for gummy; he lists it under adhesive.

Where he writes about it:

Glutinous, gummy, viscid, and viscous are applied to fluid or semi-fluid substances, as pitch or tar. — from adhesive

Synonyms

adhesivecohesiveglutinousstickingstickyviscidviscous

Antonyms

freeinadhesivelooseseparable

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