Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sticky"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sticky \Stick"y\, a. [Compar. {Stickier}; superl. {Stickiest}.]
Having the quality of sticking to a surface; adhesive; gluey;
viscous; viscid; glutinous; tenacious.
Herbs which last longest are those of strong smell, and
with a sticky stalk. --Bacon.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sticky
adj 1: having the properties of glue [syn: {gluey}, {glutinous}, {gummy},
{mucilaginous}, {pasty}, {viscid}, {viscous}]
2: moist as with undried perspiration and with clothing
sticking to the body; "felt sticky and chilly at the same
time"
3: hot or warm and humid; "muggy weather"; "the steamy
tropics"; "sticky weather" [syn: {muggy}, {steamy}]
4: hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment;
"awkward (or embarrassing or difficult) moments in the
discussion"; "an awkward pause followed his remark"; "a
sticky question"; "in the unenviable position of resorting
to an act he had planned to save for the climax of the
campaign" [syn: {awkward}, {embarrassing}, {unenviable}]
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