adhesiveness
IPA: ædhˈisɪvnʌs
noun
- the quality of being, or the degree to which a thing is, adhesive
Advertisement
Examples of "adhesiveness" in Sentences
- Children of Adam and the collection dealing with adhesiveness (homosexuality) in
- A splendid mineral crunch clung with damp chemical adhesiveness to the thin soles of my lavender pumps.
- She was one of those soft natures whose power of adhesiveness to an acquired idea seems to be one of the special attributes of that softness.
- Varnish layer thicknesses are enlarged and adhesiveness between prime and final coats are improved by priming paints or interlayer varnishes.
- If only she possessed the spirit to deeply love once more the diseased and the despised that fell from the great constellations for no reasons other than poverty or illness wearing thin their adhesiveness.
- Besides, from the ashes of the burned scraps of the whale, a potent lye is readily made; and whenever any adhesiveness from the back of the whale remains clinging to the side, that lye quickly exterminates it.
- The brightest spot in their character is an abnormal development of adhesiveness, popularly called affection; it is somewhat tempered by capricious ruffianism, as in children; yet it entitles them to the gratítude of travellers.
- Add to this a kind of adhesiveness (we can hardly call it obstinacy or pertinacity) of temper, which can make no allowance for change of circumstances, and we think we have a tolerably clear notion of the causes of General McClellan's disasters.
- Sometimes the wavelets did the kneading and rolling so clumsily that the nodule was malformed, but the majority were singularly symmetrical, evidencing nice adjustment between the degree of adhesiveness of the “pug” and the applied force of the wave.
- Though they are so deficient in adhesiveness to family ties, that wives seek other husbands, and even children desert their parents for adoptive homes, the tie of race is intensely strong, and they are remarkably affectionate to each other, sharing with each other food, clothing, and all that they possess.
Advertisement
Advertisement