Adjective-word or any expression used to describe a child.

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Hello Friends.
Please could you help me with an adjective word or any expression used by English Native Speakers to describe a child who habitually like to always lean or rub his or her body against the body of another person especially their parents or other adults like cats do against the body of their carers or owners. I used to describe them as clingy child, sticky child or adherent child but I felt like none sounded or communicate well to me. And hence, I came to you for help and guidance. Thank you in anticipation of your help.
Best esteemed regards.
English Language Student/Leaner

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[+3] - PUNKEY - 10/14/2017touchy-feely

@iandu76,

There isn't really an adjective for this. English doesn't have a ton of words which describe that kind of a very specific, kind of minute behavior.

Shy, clingy, bashful - those are close. Essentially, what you would do is use more than one word.

Elvis was a shy child, always clinging to his mother.

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@PUNKEY,

Thank you for taking your time to suggest this word, I like it for that I wanted to express.

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