sticky

Meaning

1. Tending to stick; able to adhere via the drying of a viscous substance.
2. Difficult, awkward.
3. Of a death: unpleasant, grisly.
4. Of weather: hot and windless and with high humidity, so that people feel sticky from sweating.
5. Tending to stay the same; resistant to change.
6. (informal) Persistent.
7. Appearing on all virtual desktops.
8. Fixed at the top of the list of topics or threads so as to keep it in view.
9. Compelling enough to keep visitors from leaving.
10. (informal) Resembling or characteristic of a stick.

varnish tree

lentous

attach to

be sticky

finding oneself trapped

not smooth

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈstɪki/

From stick + -y.

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