sticky

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.

(adjective)

  1. An example of sticky is cookie dough that won't come off your fingers; sticky dough.
  2. 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
  1. covered with an adhesive substance: sticky fingers
  2. Informal hot and humid: a sticky climate
  3. Informal difficult to deal with; troublesome: a sticky problem
  4. Informal overly sentimental; maudlin

See sticky in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective stick·i·er, stick·i·est
  1. Having the property of adhering or sticking to a surface; adhesive.
  2. Covered with an adhesive agent.
  3. Warm and humid; muggy: a sticky day.
  4. Informal Painful or difficult: a sticky situation.
  5. 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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