Vocab Info

A18 Adverb, と-adverb

べったりsticking, clinging, with a smack (e.g. sitting down), hard, all over, thickly

    Dictionary Definition

    1. Adverb, と-adverb

      1. 1.

        sticking, clinging

        Onomatopoeic or mimetic word
      2. 2.

        with a smack (e.g. sitting down), hard

        Onomatopoeic or mimetic word
      3. 3.

        all over, thickly

        Onomatopoeic or mimetic word

    All Forms

    べったり、ベッタリ

    Details

      • べ

      • っ

      • た

      • り

    Examples

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    • 絵(え)の具(ぐ)が手(て)にべったりついた。

      The paint is thickly sticking all over my hands. {sticking, clinging, , with a smack (e.g. sitting down), hard, all over, thickly}

    • 子供(こども)は親(おや)にべったり纏(まつ)わりついています。

      The child is clinging tightly to their parent. {sticking, clinging, , with a smack (e.g. sitting down), hard, all over, thickly}

    • 疲(つか)れ切(き)った子供(こども)が地面(じめん)にべったり座(すわ)り込(こ)んでいる。

      The exhausted child is sitting hard on the ground, as if sticking to it. {sticking, clinging, , with a smack (e.g. sitting down), hard, all over, thickly}

    • 勉強(べんきょう)家(か)の彼(かれ)のノートには細(こま)かい字(じ)がべったり書(か)いてある。

      His notebook, being a studious person, is filled with small, densely written characters. {sticking, clinging, , with a smack (e.g. sitting down), hard, all over, thickly}

    • ペンキが顔(かお)にべったりついたので顔(かお)をお風呂(ふろ)場(じょう)で洗(あら)いました。

      The paint was sticking all over my face, so I washed it off in the bathroom. {sticking, clinging, , with a smack (e.g. sitting down), hard, all over, thickly}

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