gluey.

Thick and sticky in a way resembling glue.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• gluey mixture
• gluey residue

On the page

A gluey residue clung to the underside of the lid.

Usage notes

Primary category: sensory / description. Forms: Comparative more gluey; superlative most gluey when comparison is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description. Commonness: moderately common.