— cohesively , adv. — cohesiveness , n.
/koh hee"siv/ , adj.
1. characterized by or causing cohesion: a cohesive agent.
2. cohering or tending to cohere; well-integrated; unified: a cohesive organization.
3. Physics. of or pertaining to the molecular force within a body or substance acting to unite its parts.
[ 1720-30; COHES(ION) + -IVE ]