clingily
In dependent fashion
In a clingy manner—holding on tightly, either physically or emotionally.
The wet fabric stuck clingily to her skin.
More often describes needy or dependent behavior: He followed her clingily from room to room, unable to let her out of his sight.
In wanting manner
- desperatelyWith urgent intensity
- insecurelyWithout firmness or stability
- anxiouslyIn a worried manner
- demandinglyIn an insistent manner
possessively · suffocatingly · codependently · obsessively · helplessly · vulnerably · yearningly · emotionally
With stubborn persistence
- stubbornlyWith inflexible determination
- doggedlyWith obstinate persistence
- obstinatelyIn an unyielding manner
- relentlesslyWithout stopping or weakening
unrelentingly · persistently · determinedly · resolutely · steadfastly · unyieldingly · insistently · adamantly
needily
In wanting manner
- desperatelyWith urgent intensity
- insecurelyWithout firmness or stability
- anxiouslyIn a worried manner
demandingly · possessively · suffocatingly · codependently · obsessively · helplessly · vulnerably · yearningly · emotionally · cravingly
tenaciously
With stubborn persistence
- stubbornlyWith inflexible determination
- doggedlyWith obstinate persistence
- obstinatelyIn an unyielding manner
relentlessly · unrelentingly · persistently · determinedly · resolutely · steadfastly · unyieldingly · insistently · adamantly · inexorably
clingilyindependently
Without outside assistance
self-sufficiently · autonomously · detachedly · aloofly · distantly
clingilyloosely
Without being tight
freely · slackly · lightly · detachedly · at arm's length
- clinging toGripping without releasing
- clinging onGrasping something tightly, persistently
- clinging vineOverly dependent person