STICKY


Meaning of STICKY in English

adj. (stickier, stickiest)

1. tending or intended to stick or adhere.

2 glutinous, viscous.

3 (of the weather) humid.

4 colloq. awkward or uncooperative; intransigent (was very sticky about giving me leave).

5 colloq. difficult, awkward (a sticky problem).

6 colloq. very unpleasant or painful (came to a sticky end).

Phrases and idioms:

sticky wicket

1. Cricket a pitch that has been drying after rain and is difficult for the batsman.

2 colloq. difficult or awkward circumstances.

Derivatives:

stickily adv. stickiness n.

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.