Sticky
['stɪkɪ] or ['stɪki]
Definition
(adj.) covered with an adhesive material .
(adj.) moist as with undried perspiration and with clothing sticking to the body; 'felt sticky and chilly at the same time' .
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Definition
(superl.) Having the quality of sticking to a surface; adhesive; gluey; viscous; viscid; glutinous; tenacious.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Adhesive, glutinous, viscous, viscid, tenacious, gluey.
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Definition
adj. that sticks or adheres: adhesive: glutinous.—n. Stick′iness.
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Examples
- The sheets of rubber from which the uppers and soles are cut are at this stage of the work plastic and very sticky. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- A shoe that had not been vulcanized would mash down, spread, become sticky and go to pieces after a few hours’ wear. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- There was not a sticky place upon it. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- She held it up, the bear was sitting up on his haunches with his paws up, there was a cork in his glass head and a few sticky crystals at the bottom. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- To his astonishment, he found that this relatively high heat did not melt it, as heretofore, and while it charred slightly, it was not made at all sticky. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- How could this be done so that our clothing would be made water-tight and yet not be sticky in summer or stiff in winter? Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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