Modifying Another Word

• slightly: The skin of your feet looks lifeless, perhaps dull in color and slightly clammy to the touch.

Modifies a noun

• skin: Cold shower heads glowered from tiled walls And strip wash sinks sat resplendent awaiting Chances to relieve clammy skin and dust blown itches.

• hand: A short, plump girl whose clammy hands grabbed at mine.

• feeling: Unlike vinyl or plastic covers, Allerayde Perfect Covers allow water vapor to pass through easily, avoiding any " clammy feeling " .

• mist: The weather deteriorated to clammy mist and drizzle as we approached the North coast.

• sweat: Next, there was a prickling of the arms, followed by a cold clammy sweat.

• air: A faint but pungent smell hangs in the hot, clammy air, a cellar smell of rot and mold.

Used with adjective complement

• feel: Despite the cold, my back felt clammy under the layers of clothing, and my mouth was drier than a witch's tit.

• become: Momentarily my heart palpitates; my hands become instantaneously clammy with sweat.

• get: I feel myself growing tense and my hands getting clammy.