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The definition of sticky is something that doesn't move easily, clings to things that touch it, or is covered with a substance that tends to cling.

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An example of sticky is cookie dough that won't come off your fingers; sticky dough.
An example of sticky is the weather when it is a 90 degree day with 90 percent humidity; sticky weather.

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See sticky in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective stickier, stickiest

1. that sticks; adhesive; tending to cling to anything touched
2. not moving easily: sticky valves
covered with an adhesive substance: sticky fingers
Informal hot and humid: a sticky climate
☆ Informal difficult to deal with; troublesome: a sticky problem
☆ Informal overly sentimental; maudlin

See sticky in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective stick·i·er, stick·i·est

Having the property of adhering or sticking to a surface; adhesive.
Covered with an adhesive agent.
Warm and humid; muggy: a sticky day.
Informal Painful or difficult: a sticky situation.
Economics Tending to remain the same despite changes in the economy. Used of prices or wages.

Related Forms:

stickˈi·ly adverb

stickˈi·ness noun

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