stickiest

Adjective

sticky (comparative stickier, superlative stickiest)

1. Tending to stick; able to adhere via the drying of a viscous substance.
   • Is this tape sticky enough to stay on that surface?

   Synonyms:

   claggy

2. Difficult, awkward.
   • This is a sticky situation. We could be in this for weeks if we're not careful.
3. Of a death: unpleasant, grisly.
   • Salmond studied medieval Scottish history as well as economics at university so he cannot say he has not had fair warning – it was even more turbulent and bloody than England at that time – and plenty of Scotland's kings and leaders came to a sticky end. If it happens this time, it won't be dull.2014 September 8, Michael White, “Roll up, roll up! The Amazing Salmond will show a Scotland you won't believe”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC...
4. Of weather: hot and windless and with high humidity, so that people feel sticky from sweating.
   • The baby was due in December and the hot, sticky August weather was making Jane uncomfortable.2008, Robert K. Fitts, Wally Yonamine: The Man Who Changed Japanese Baseball

   Synonyms:

   close

5. Mawkish, sentimental.
   • Love you and miss you and wish you all the sticky things one wishes at this season for someone one loves.1981 December 27, “Robert Bobbie Bob, Inc (personal advertisement)”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 23, page 18
6. Tending to stay the same; resistant to change.
   • a sticky price; sticky wages

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