ickily
With sticky unpleasantness
In an icky manner—with or producing a feeling of distaste, stickiness, or squeamish discomfort.
The adverb is uncommon, appearing mostly when describing something unpleasantly gooey or sentimentally excessive: The syrup dripped ickily down the counter, an ickily sweet love scene.
In a repulsive way
- sickeninglyIn a revolting manner
- nauseatinglyIn a stomach-churning manner
- repulsivelyIn a revolting manner
- grotesquelyIn disturbingly unnatural way
distastefully · off-puttingly · queasily · stomach-turningly · vilely · loathsomely · abhorrently · unpleasantly
In adhesive manner
- slimilyIn viscous, repulsive fashion
- messilyIn disorderly manner
- tackilyIn a cheap, showy way
- viscouslyIn thick-flowing manner
mushily · clammily · wetly · grubbily · grimily · dankly · soggily · damply
Excessively sweet or sentimental
- mushilyIn overly sentimental fashion
- sappilyWith excessive sentimentality
- gushinglyWith excessive enthusiasm
- treaclyExcessively sweet or sentimental
mawkishly · schmaltzy · sentimentally · sugary · sickly-sweet · unctuously · insincerely · fawningly
revoltingly
In a repulsive way
- sickeninglyIn a revolting manner
- nauseatinglyIn a stomach-churning manner
- repulsivelyIn a revolting manner
grotesquely · distastefully · off-puttingly · queasily · stomach-turningly · vilely · loathsomely · abhorrently · unpleasantly · disagreeably
stickily
In adhesive manner
viscously · mushily · clammily · wetly · grubbily · grimily · dankly · soggily · damply · glisteningly
cloyingly
Excessively sweet or sentimental
- mushilyIn overly sentimental fashion
- sappilyWith excessive sentimentality
- gushinglyWith excessive enthusiasm
treacly · mawkishly · schmaltzy · sentimentally · sugary · sickly-sweet · unctuously · insincerely · fawningly · excessively
ickilypleasantly
In an enjoyable manner
delightfully · agreeably · appealingly · charmingly · attractively
ickilytastefully
With aesthetic discernment
genuinely · sincerely · elegantly · authentically · refreshingly