Unsticky
adjective, stickier, stickiest.
1.
having the property of adhering, as glue; adhesive.
2.
covered with adhesive or viscid matter:
sticky hands.
3.
(of the weather or climate) hot and humid:
It was an unbearably sticky day.
4.
requiring careful treatment; awkwardly difficult:
a rather sticky diplomatic problem; Breaking the news is going to be sticky.
5.
Informal. unpleasant; unfortunate; nasty:
The villain of the story meets a sticky end.
noun, plural stickies.
6.
one of a number of small sheets of paper on a pad, each having an adhesive backing that allows it to be positioned and repositioned on smooth surfaces.
adjective stickier, stickiest
1.
covered or daubed with an adhesive or viscous substance: sticky fingers
2.
having the property of sticking to a surface
3.
(of weather or atmosphere) warm and humid; muggy
4.
(of prices) tending not to fall in deflationary conditions
5.
(informal) difficult, awkward, or painful: a sticky business
6.
(US, informal) sentimental
7.
(of a website) encouraging users to visit repeatedly
verb stickies, stickying, stickied
8.
(transitive) (informal) to make sticky
noun (Austral, informal) (pl) stickies
9.
short for stickybeak
10.
an inquisitive look or stare (esp in the phrase have a sticky at)
stick up for
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