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clammy

clam·my [ klámmee ] (comparative clam·mi·er, superlative clam·mi·est)


adjective 
Definition:
 
1. cold and damp: slightly damp and unpleasantly cold

2. humid: warm and damp

[14th century. Probably < clam "to smear," back-formation < clamde, past tense of Old English clǣman< Germanic, "clay"]

clam·mi·ly adverb
clam·mi·ness noun
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