Synonyms for stickiness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : stik-ee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈstɪk i

Définition of stickiness

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.

noun humidity
noun cohesion

Example sentences :

Knead this dough until it is soft and elastic, and free from stickiness.
Extract from : « Sandwiches » by Sarah Tyson Heston Rorer

He felt the stickiness, but the red blood was not welling out.
Extract from : « The Memory of Mars » by Raymond F. Jones

This prevents the stickiness sometimes so annoying in ironing.
Extract from : « The Ladies Book of Useful Information » by Anonymous

There is a peculiar sort of stickiness about college marriages.
Extract from : « At Good Old Siwash » by George Fitch

The sun had come out, and the frosty ruts had softened to stickiness.
Extract from : « The Copperhead » by Harold Frederic

We seized the sugar and retired in discretion and stickiness to the yard.
Extract from : « The Believing Years » by Edmund Lester Pearson

The mud has the stickiness of glue with the solidity of putty.
Extract from : « The Lost Army » by Thomas W. Knox

Work and beat it with the hand until it loses its stickiness, which will take some time.
Extract from : « The Century Cook Book » by Mary Ronald

Its stickiness is so great that the least touch is enough to hold the object.
Extract from : « More Hunting Wasps » by J. Henri Fabre

They would be called clay by many on account of their stickiness.
Extract from : « The First Book of Farming » by Charles L. Goodrich

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