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1
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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2
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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- semitropical
- (also semitropic),
- subhumid,
- subtropical
- (also subtropic),
- tropic,
- tropical
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3
requiring exceptional skill or caution in performance or handling
- an especially sticky conversation about money matters
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4
appealing to the emotions in an obvious and tiresome way
- sticky love scenes that will bore cynics to death
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- chocolate-box,
- cloying,
- corny,
- drippy,
- fruity,
- gooey,
- lovey-dovey,
- maudlin,
- mawkish,
- mushy,
- novelettish,
- saccharine,
- sappy,
- schmaltzy,
- sentimental,
- sloppy,
- slushy,
- soppy,
- soupy,
- spoony
- (or spooney),
- sugarcoated,
- sugary,
- wet
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“Sticky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sticky. Accessed 23 Oct. 2021.
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The first known use of sticky was in 1688
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