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sticky

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[ UK /stˈɪki/ ]
[ US /ˈstɪki/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment
    a sticky question
    awkward (or embarrassing or difficult) moments in the discussion
    in the unenviable position of resorting to an act he had planned to save for the climax of the campaign
    an awkward pause followed his remark
  2. having the sticky properties of an adhesive
  3. covered with an adhesive material
  4. hot or warm and humid
    the steamy tropics
    sticky weather
    muggy weather
  5. moist as with undried perspiration and with clothing sticking to the body
    felt sticky and chilly at the same time
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  • After a bit of a stickybeak at the Queen's Scottish residence of Holyroodhouse, we made the most of the remaining daylight walking the length of the Royal Mile through the Old Town back to the castle, stopping by the Heart of Midlothian. TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com
  • Using wire transmission, with long service life, and not sticky paste, silk or nylon thread transmission can be equipped with water-hao to justice system.
  • The boracic powder was lifted in my absence from the _Pharmacie_ to try and get the first glimmerings of a slide on that sticky creosoted floor. Fanny Goes to War
  • However, some patients seek help late in the season, when their symptoms have progressed from a runny nose to sticky yellow mucus with red, hot itchy and swollen eyes.
  • Let me start by saying sorry if this has been posted elsewhere, but I couldn't find it in the sticky and I'm not sure how to search whole questions.
  • We believe that eventually every major consumer-oriented company will need interactive programming - sticky content - for their Web sites.
  • Street vendors sell bundles of sticky rice bound in banana leaf. Times, Sunday Times
  • My fingerboard gets sticky and I get fed-up and want to sit in the garden.
  • And despite its sweet taste, sticky toffee pudding is often the saltiest. The Sun
  • Right after we came ashore, we felt the sticky, humid air of the land hit our faces.
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