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as in adhesive
tending to adhere to objects upon contact
both sides of the tape are sticky, making it a little tricky to work with
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as in humid
containing or characterized by an uncomfortable amount of moisture
a warm sticky day when all we wanted to do was sit somewhere with air-conditioning
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as in difficult
requiring exceptional skill or caution in performance or handling
an especially sticky conversation about money matters
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as in sentimental
appealing to the emotions in an obvious and tiresome way
sticky love scenes that will bore cynics to death
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Recent Examples of sticky
The ingredients are simple, the feel is non-sticky, and the price point is impossible to beat.
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Deanna Pai, Vogue, 22 Oct. 2025
Dough should have a shine and should not be sticky to the touch.
—Jason Mastrodonato, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
The problem with ripping off the label is now the jug is very sticky.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, Kempczinski is navigating a tricky restaurant landscape as inflation remains sticky while customers continue to look to McDonald’s for affordable food.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2025
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Deanna Pai, Vogue, 22 Oct. 2025
Dough should have a shine and should not be sticky to the touch.
—Jason Mastrodonato, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
The problem with ripping off the label is now the jug is very sticky.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, Kempczinski is navigating a tricky restaurant landscape as inflation remains sticky while customers continue to look to McDonald’s for affordable food.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sticky
Adjective
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These stretchy AirTag pockets have an adhesive backing that can stick onto smooth, flat surfaces, like the inside of your suitcase.—
Amelia McBride,
Travel + Leisure,
23 Oct. 2025
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The 28-year-old model was photographed in New York City wearing a sheer black turtleneck top, tucked into a black mini skirt and worn with a black blazer over it, barely covering the adhesive silicone covers on her chest.—
Lori A Bashian,
FOXNews.com,
15 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The rectory air was humid; sun poured through windows on the southern side, so that certain rooms sweltered and others felt as cold as a cave.—
Blair Braverman,
Outside,
28 Oct. 2025
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Some places are hot, some are cold, some are humid and some are dry, and that affects how the violin sounds.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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One of the world’s most persistent waste problems, plastics are durable and difficult to recycle.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Oct. 2025
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But grass is difficult to digest for the mammal.—
Craig Shoup,
Nashville Tennessean,
27 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Her voice unleashes a sentimental whirlpool of longing, betrayal, and post-breakup rage without a hint of irony.—
Ernesto Lechner,
Rolling Stone,
27 Oct. 2025
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At the time, the New York Giants star posted a sentimental social media tribute in honor of the occasion.—
Nicholas Rice,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Forecasts from various sources like the Climate Prediction Center and Farmers' Almanac predict a damp and unsettled week.—
Brandi D. Addison,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
25 Oct. 2025
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Microwave your damp towel for about 30 seconds.—
RikkiLynn Shields Hannigan,
Health,
25 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Whether or not Takaichi's administration is as tough on immigration issues as her campaign rhetoric suggests, some observers warn that failing to actively invest in and integrate foreign nationals into society will have lasting harm on Asia’s second-largest economy.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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Without a consolidation of that vote in the final stretch, Mamdani appears tough to beat.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Skin-tight is out, baggy is in, and these buttery-soft pieces prove that comfort doesn’t have to equal sloppy.—
Katie Ann Lehman,
StyleCaster,
24 Oct. 2025
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These records aren’t sloppy mistakes—they’re the default behavior of most agentic AI systems.—
Keivan Navaie,
IEEE Spectrum,
22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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However, people who are lactose intolerant or sensitive to dairy may experience discomfort.—
Chelsea Rae Bourgeois,
Health,
29 Oct. 2025
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The key to detecting them, then, wasn’t to simply build a detector sensitive enough to see each individual neutrino; that would be a practically impossible task.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Sticky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sticky. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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