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Antonyms for adhesive


Grammar : Adj
Spell : ad-hee-siv, -ziv
Phonetic Transcription : ædˈhi sɪv, -zɪv



Definition of adhesive

Origin :
  • 1660s, from French adhésif, formed in French from Latin adhaes-, past participle stem of adhaere (see adherent).
  • adj sticking
Example sentences :
  • This was an adhesive, and used some years after stamps were in use.
  • Extract from : « The Stamps of Canada » by Bertram Poole
  • I was informed that Decaisne has written a paper on these adhesive threads.
  • Extract from : « More Letters of Charles Darwin Volume II » by Charles Darwin
  • Utilised because of adhesive qualities for throwing at a target as darts.
  • Extract from : « Norman Ten Hundred » by A. Stanley Blicq
  • Adhesive is the scientific, sticking or sticky the popular word.
  • Extract from : « English Synonyms and Antonyms » by James Champlin Fernald
  • The stiff, wet clay, adhesive to the foot, impeded progress.
  • Extract from : « English Synonyms and Antonyms » by James Champlin Fernald
  • An adhesive plaster is in popular language a sticking-plaster.
  • Extract from : « English Synonyms and Antonyms » by James Champlin Fernald
  • Do not let the most adhesive of food betray you into this most disagreeable of habits.
  • Extract from : « Social Life » by Maud C. Cooke
  • There are two bottles of medium, one adhesive and one preservative.
  • Extract from : « Little Folks » by Various
  • The eggs are small, about twenty to the inch, and are adhesive.
  • Extract from : « Bass, Pike, Perch, and Others » by James Alexander Henshall
  • Touch the web and it adheres to the finger, but all its lines are not adhesive.
  • Extract from : « Spiders » by Cecil Warburton

Synonyms for adhesive

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