sticky.
Tending to stick; able to adhere via the drying of a viscous substance.
Meaning & usage
Tending to stick; able to adhere via the drying of a viscous substance.
Is this tape sticky enough to stay on that surface?
Difficult, awkward.
This is a sticky situation. We could be in this for weeks if we're not careful.
Of a death: unpleasant, grisly.
Of weather: hot and windless and with high humidity, so that people feel sticky from sweating.
Mawkish, sentimental.
Tending to stay the same; resistant to change.
a sticky price; sticky wages
Persistent.
We should make the printing direction sticky so the user doesn't have to keep setting it.
Appearing on all virtual desktops.
Fixed at the top of the list of topics or threads so as to keep it in view.
Compelling enough to keep visitors from leaving.
A woman has come to me with the complaint that her website is not sticky: 70% of the visits last 30 seconds or less.
Resembling or characteristic of a stick.
What's something that is brown and sticky? A stick
Where this word comes from
From stick + -y.
A sticky note, such as a post-it note.
Her desk is covered with yellow stickies.
A discussion thread fixed at the top of the list of topics or threads so as to keep it in view.
A small adhesive particle found in wastepaper.
A sweet dessert wine.
Sticky-icky; marijuana, especially the sticky, resin-covered buds.
Wax.
Where this word comes from
From stick + -y.
To fix (a discussion thread) at the top of the list of topics or threads so as to keep it in view.
Where this word comes from
From stick + -y.
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