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stickly

stickly adjective: prickly; spiny.

Adjective

stickly (comparative more stickly, superlative most stickly)

  1. Prickly; spiny.
    • a Stickly-Prickly Hedgehog

Forms of stickly

comparativemore stickly
superlativemost stickly

Origin of stickly

From stickle + -y.

Questions about stickly

What does stickly mean?
Stickly means prickly; spiny.
What part of speech is stickly?
Stickly is an adjective.

Words near stickly in the dictionary

  1. Stickleys
  2. sticklike
  3. stickling
  4. Stickling Green
  5. sticklings
  6. stickly
  7. stickman
  8. stickmen
  9. Stickney
  10. Stickneys
  11. stickout

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