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Adhesive
retentive, sticky, inseparable, waxy, resisting, gummy, coriaceous, viscous, viscid, glutinous; see also adhesive, tough 2.
Antonyms loose*, lax, slack.
Persistent
determined, pertinacious, purposeful, resolute; see obstinate, resolute 2.

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