Antonyms for sticky

Grammar : Adj

Spell : stik-ee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈstɪk i

Definition of sticky

Origin : 1727, "adhesive," from stick (v.). An Old English word for this was clibbor. First recorded 1864 in the sense of "sentimental;" 1915 with the meaning "difficult." Of weather, "hot and humid," from 1895. Sticky wicket is 1952, from British slang, in reference to cricket.

adj gummy, adhesive
adj humid and hot
adj difficult, embarrassing

Example sentences :

And then, when he had slipped his hand back into hers, he had encountered a sticky chocolate!
Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine

It was too dark to see the color, but I knew from the sticky feeling of it just what it was.
Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith

That dirty little red, moving, sticky object was a human being.
Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt

Here and there something brown and sticky on the leaves caught the scout's eye.
Extract from : « Pee-wee Harris » by Percy Keese Fitzhugh

The street had been transformed into a morass of sticky mud by the storm.
Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola

Do all the mixing with a spoon, as it makes it sticky if you touch your hands to it.
Extract from : « Harper's Young People, July 6, 1880 » by Various

His hand went out and recoiled from something soft and sticky.
Extract from : « The Heads of Apex » by Francis Flagg

Cold, churlish, sticky or clammy clays are never to the liking of the grape.
Extract from : « Manual of American Grape-Growing » by U. P. Hedrick

During the sticky flow of her words, he knew she was trying to gammon him.
Extract from : « The Paliser case » by Edgar Saltus

The wide, kite-like fins of rays, quivered in their sticky glue.
Extract from : « Mayflower (Flor de mayo) » by Vicente Blasco Ibez

Synonyms for sticky

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