What does Clammy mean?
Definitions for Clammy
ˈklæm iclam·my
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Clammy.
Princeton's WordNet
clammy, dankadjective
unpleasantly cool and humid
"a clammy handshake"; "clammy weather"; "a dank cellar"; "dank rain forests"
Wiktionary
clammyadjective
Cold and damp, usually referring to hands or palms.
His hands were clammy from fright
clammyadjective
The quality of normal skin signs, epidermis that is neither diaphragmatic nor dry
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
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.
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clammy
Clammy generally refers to something that is unpleasantly damp, sticky, and usually cool to touch, often used to describe the condition of human skin when sweating due to sickness, nervousness, or high humidity.
Webster Dictionary
Clammy
having the quality of being viscous or adhesive; soft and sticky; glutinous; damp and adhesive, as if covered with a cold perspiration
Etymology: [Cf. AS. clm clay. See Clam to clog, and cf. Clay.]
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Clammy in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Clammy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of Clammy in a Sentence
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.
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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