clammy

«clammy» in Mova's school dictionary: Unpleasantly damp, cold and sticky to touch, especially skin — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (clammy, clammier, clammiest)

meaning for a pupil

1) Unpleasantly damp, cold and sticky to touch, especially skin. tree →

2) (weather) Damp and heavy, warm and sticky (clammy air). tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories it shows fear or nerves — «clammy hands» before a test or a scary moment. In health and first-aid lessons, clammy pale skin can be a sign that someone is unwell or in shock, so tell an adult. In weather descriptions it means humid. It tells the reader about an unpleasant damp feeling.

examples

• My hands were clammy before the spelling test. tree →
• The cave walls felt cold and clammy. tree →
• It was a clammy, muggy day in August. tree →
• His forehead was pale and clammy, so the teacher called the nurse. tree →
• The frog felt clammy in my hands. tree →
• Wet socks are horribly clammy. tree →
• I felt it; it felt clammy. tree →

note

Comparative clammier, superlative clammiest. Not the same as «clumsy». In first aid, pale, cold and clammy skin with dizziness can be a warning sign — get an adult or call for help.

In the corpora

• The air so clammy and chill, and not an insect in an acre of it!»

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «clammy» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.