clingingly

She shrank against him, clingingly and protectingly, and he laughed with surety.

Chapter 3 2010

(Because, of course, in 2008 (2012?), women still can't propose to men at any other time without seeming clingingly desperate.)

Marshall Fine: HuffPost Review: Leap Year 2010

Lao Ni followed me to the signboards, clingingly close, as we studied posters, eavesdropped on some heated arguments, and staged faux chats in nonsense Japanese.

HISTORIC STIRRINGS OF BEIJING CAMPUS UNREST philip j cunningham 2009

Lao Ni followed me to the signboards, clingingly close, as we studied posters, eavesdropped on some heated arguments, and staged faux chats in nonsense Japanese.

Archive 2009-05-03 philip j cunningham 2009

She continually adjusted a clingingly tight, black short-sleeved top, her clasped hands resting between her black trouser legs.

At The Baby P Trial 2008

The man who awakes the wondering tremulous passion of a young girl always thinks her affectionate; and if he chances to look forward to future years, probably imagines himself being virtuously tender to her, because the poor thing is so clingingly fond of him.

Adam Bede 2004

Down slipped her silken veils, clingingly, slowly, as though reluctant to unclasp her; whispering they fell from the high and tender breasts, the delicate rounded hips, and clustered about her feet in soft petalings as of some flower of pale amber foam.

The Metal Monster 2004

White smoke rose oddly, clingingly, as if unwilling to leave the brazier.

Lord of the Isles 1997

Why feel as if, clingingly, something evil had brushed him by?

The Wicked Day Stewart, Mary, 1916- 1983

Gradually the magic of the island settled over us as gently and clingingly as pollen.

My Family and Other Animals Durrell, Gerald, 1925- 1956