sticky
/ˈstɪki/ adjective B1- Tending to stick; able to adhere via the drying of a viscous substance. · Is this tape sticky enough to stay on that surface?
- Difficult, awkward. · This is a sticky situation. We could be in this for weeks if we're not careful.
- Of a death: unpleasant, grisly.
- Of weather: hot and windless and with high humidity, so that people feel sticky from sweating.
- Mawkish, sentimental.
- Tending to stay the same; resistant to change. · a sticky price; sticky wages
- Persistent. · We should make the printing direction sticky so the user doesn't have to keep setting it.
- Appearing on all virtual desktops.
Comparative stickier · Superlative stickiest
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However, wiping sticky counters and managing impatient customers will teach you extremely valuable communication skills.
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