stickier; stickiest
3
: tending to stick
4
a
: disagreeable, unpleasant
came to a sticky end
c
: difficult, problematic
a sticky situation
5
: excessively sentimental : cloying
Synonyms
Examples of sticky in a Sentence
The sap is very sticky.
There is a sticky substance on the table.
The paint was still sticky.
The weather was hot and sticky.
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What Happens During an ECG? Twelve electrodes (sticky patches attached to a recording machine via wires) are placed on the chest, arms, and legs.
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Rafle Fernandez, Verywell Health, 10 Sep. 2024
The believers like myself marvel at its federal sin of dominance and its unassailable audience that rises to the occasion and creates a new company within a company: the most sticky revenue stream, the most consistent, the most bankable, the most worthy of a high multiple of any company.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2024
Malone has been welcomed into country in the same way he was welcomed into both pop and hip-hop: with open arms as a genre-spanning artist with a knack for a sticky melody.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2024
Also check out the American breakfasts and additional Thai eye openers of rice porridge with meat, egg and crispy noodles; fried chicken, ginger rice, broth and a ginger sauce or breakfast pork skewers with sticky rice.
—Monica Eng, Axios, 3 Sep. 2024
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Rafle Fernandez, Verywell Health, 10 Sep. 2024
The believers like myself marvel at its federal sin of dominance and its unassailable audience that rises to the occasion and creates a new company within a company: the most sticky revenue stream, the most consistent, the most bankable, the most worthy of a high multiple of any company.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2024
Malone has been welcomed into country in the same way he was welcomed into both pop and hip-hop: with open arms as a genre-spanning artist with a knack for a sticky melody.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2024
Also check out the American breakfasts and additional Thai eye openers of rice porridge with meat, egg and crispy noodles; fried chicken, ginger rice, broth and a ginger sauce or breakfast pork skewers with sticky rice.
—Monica Eng, Axios, 3 Sep. 2024
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“Sticky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sticky. Accessed 2 Oct. 2024.
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sticky
adjective
stickier; stickiest
1
a
: adhesive entry 1, gluey
sticky syrup
b
: coated with a sticky substance
the tabletop was sticky
3
: tending to stick
sticky windows
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