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GLUINESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gluiness mean?
• GLUINESS (noun)
The noun GLUINESS has 1 sense:
1. the property of being cohesive and sticky
Familiarity information: GLUINESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("gluiness" 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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