Sticky - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈstɪkɪ|  American pronunciation of the word sticky
Brit.  |ˈstɪkɪ|  British pronunciation of the word sticky

adjective

- having the sticky properties of an adhesive (syn: gluey, glutinous, gummy, mucilaginous, pasty, viscid, viscous)
- moist as with undried perspiration and with clothing sticking to the body
felt sticky and chilly at the same time
- hot or warm and humid (syn: muggy, steamy)
sticky weather
- hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment (syn: awkward, embarrassing, unenviable)
a sticky question
- covered with an adhesive material

Extra examples

The sap is very sticky.

There is a sticky substance on the table.

The paint was still sticky.

The weather was hot and sticky.

There's some sticky stuff in your hair.

It was hot and sticky and there was nowhere to sit.

The business hit a sticky patch and lost £4.8 million.

He didn't actually call me a waster but his manner was sticky. (P. G. Wodehouse)

This table isn't clean. There's a sticky spot where something spilled.

...the unwary bug was snared in the sticky threads of the spider's web...

There was some kind of sticky residue on the floor.

Pine trees exude a sticky substance.

... everything about a person, even the most blameless of facts, can have the sticky tenacity of a secret.

The walls were besmeared with sticky black paint.

The walls were bedaubed with sticky black paint.

Word forms

adjective
comparative: stickier
superlative: stickiest
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