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tickliest

tickliest is the superlative form of tickly.

Meaning of tickly

Adjective

tickly (comparative ticklier, superlative tickliest)

  1. Having an itchy sensation like that of being tickled.
  2. Producing an itchy sensation like that of being tickled.
    • a tickly woollen blanket
  3. (rare) Ticklish.
    • He just knows I'm not tickly behind my knees (but who is?)!1993 July 21, Peter John Cameron, “Ticklish me? Never.”, in soc.bi (Usenet), archived from the original on 12 Apr 2026

Questions about tickliest

What is tickliest the superlative form of?
Tickliest is the superlative form of tickly.

Words near tickliest in the dictionary

  1. ticklesomeness
  2. tickless
  3. ticklest
  4. tickleth
  5. ticklier
  6. tickliest
  7. tickliness
  8. tickling
  9. tickling pink
  10. tickling someone's fancy
  11. tickling someone's funny bone

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tickliest (page history and authors); tickly (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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