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sticky::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | awkward, embarrassing, unenviable |
a sticky question.
sticky::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Derivation | stickiness |
sticky::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Derivation | stickiness |
felt sticky and chilly at the same time.
Examples of sticky
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The sauce that coated it was perfectly sticky with just a hint of citrus flavor.
From the kansas.com
You feel sticky and your clothes cling to your back when you get out of the car.
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So the win for them is to make Yahoo as sticky, friendly, and viral as possible.
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If you've got a big appetite and a love of sticky ribs, this is the place to go.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Yet none of the sticky bilateral issues was resolved-nor was any expected to be.
From the economist.com
To make the sticky rice, cooked sushi rice is mixed with a sweet and sour syrup.
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Take out one piece and knead in just enough flour so that it is slightly sticky.
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Certain hydrates have properties that make the crystals resemble a sticky slush.
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Infection had eaten away at her skin until a sticky fluid oozed from open sores.
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- Gluey: having the sticky properties of an adhesive
- Moist as with undried perspiration and with clothing sticking to the body; "felt sticky and chilly at the same time"
- Muggy: hot or warm and humid; "muggy weather"; "the steamy tropics"; "sticky weather"
- Awkward: hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment; "awkward (or embarrassing or difficult) moments in the discussion"; "an awkward pause followed his remark"; "a sticky question"; "in the unenviable position of resorting to an act he had planned to save for the climax of the ...
- Covered with an adhesive material
- (stickily) in a sticky viscid manner; "he felt the blood move stickily from his split scalp and trickle down his forehead"
- Sticky is a book of gay erotic comics written by Dale Lazarov and drawn by Steve MacIsaac. It was originally serialized in three issues by Eros Comics / Fantagraphics. ...
- Sticky, in the social sciences and particularly economics, describes a situation in which a variable is resistant to change. For example, nominal wages are often said to be sticky in the short run. ...
- A sticky note, such as a post-it note; A small adhesive particle found in wastepaper; to fix a thread at the top of the list of topics or threads so as to keep it in view; Able or likely to stick; Potentially difficult to escape from; Persistent; Appearing on all virtual desktops; Fixed at ...
