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sticky

/'stɪki/

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adjective
hot or warm and humid
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"sticky weather"

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muggy steamy wet
adjective
having the sticky properties of an adhesive
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gluey glutinous gummy mucilaginous pasty viscid viscous adhesive
adjective
hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment
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"a sticky question"

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awkward embarrassing unenviable difficult hard
adjective
covered with an adhesive material
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adhesive
adjective
moist as with undried perspiration and with clothing sticking to the body
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"felt sticky and chilly at the same time"

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wet

Examples of sticky

"sticky weather"
"a sticky question"
"felt sticky and chilly at the same time"