sticky

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We saw this to be the case with sticky locks and jammy door frames.

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Quick take

having the sticky properties of an adhesive

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of sticky gathered in one view.

adjective

having the sticky properties of an adhesive

adjective

moist as with undried perspiration and with clothing sticking to the body; "felt sticky and chilly at the same time"

adjective

hot or warm and humid; "muggy weather"; "the steamy tropics"; "sticky weather"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for sticky.

adjective

having the sticky properties of an adhesive

See also: gluey, glutinous, gummy, mucilaginous, pasty, viscid, viscous

adjective

moist as with undried perspiration and with clothing sticking to the body; "felt sticky and chilly at the same time"

adjective

hot or warm and humid; "muggy weather"; "the steamy tropics"; "sticky weather"

adjective

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 campaign"

See also: awkward, embarrassing, unenviable

adjective

covered with an adhesive material

Example sentences

We saw this to be the case with sticky locks and jammy door frames.

Prices are sticky, and some prices are stickier than others.

Workers have legitimate reasons to treat wages as sticky.

And the those Covenant grunts run around comically when you throw a sticky grenade to them... so gritty.

I should say, to explain this, that beer-can aluminum is soft and sticky, as metals go. Perfect for the application.

It's like the password policy that's so impractical that everyone sticky-notes passwords to their monitors, or the Vista UAC.

Fun graphene fact: As the article mentions, graphene was first isolated at the University of Manchester using sticky tape.

Prices for labor are especially sticky, which means that when growth expectations fall, it's very difficult to decrease wages, which in turn makes it difficult for supply and demand of labor to balance.

The problem is not in our schools, and it can't be fixed by fiddling with the curriculum or delivery method, it can only be truly fixed by fixing the underlying social problems, but that usually means talking about sticky issues like racism, sexism, ethno-centrism, and capitalism itself.