as in adhesive
tending to adhere to objects upon contact
a bad horror movie from the 1950s about a glutinous blob that devoured Manhattan
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Recent Examples of glutinous
Testers found that The Only Bean’s edamame pasta absorbed the sauces and flavors of their favorite dishes beautifully, and as a bonus, cooked faster than your standard glutinous options.
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Grace McCarty, SELF, 13 Mar. 2024
Step 3: Prepare the dough by combining glutinous sweet rice flour with water, gradually adding water until a soft and pliable dough forms.
—Catherine Duncan, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Feb. 2024
When anywhere from 10 percent to 30 percent wheat flour is added, the result is a little more tender and chewy, but not as glutinous and stretchy as noodles made from 100 percent wheat flour.
—Yotam Ottolenghi, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2023
Hart House’s shakes are also free of oats, which, while gluten-free themselves, can come into contact with wheat and other glutinous grains during the farming, sorting, storage and transportation processes.
—Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2023
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The adhesive residue can cause skipping.—
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Posts on Reddit and Facebook show some users needing to replace dozens of devices a year due to monitor malfunctions, adhesive issues with the sensors and accuracy problems.—
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Cramer said strong signs from forwarding holiday spending suggest inflation may remain sticky, setting up tension between a president eager to contain prices and consumers who have borne the brunt of inflation.—
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To keep a tension rod from slipping, look for rods that have rubber stoppers on the ends or that come with sticky wall brackets.—
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“Glutinous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glutinous. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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