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Adjective
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(adj)
gluey (gluey%3:00:00:adhesive:00)
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glutinous (glutinous%3:00:00:adhesive:00)
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gummy (gummy%3:00:00:adhesive:00)
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mucilaginous (mucilaginous%3:00:00:adhesive:00)
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pasty (pasty%3:00:00:adhesive:00)
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sticky (sticky%3:00:00:adhesive:00)
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viscid (viscid%3:00:00:adhesive:00)
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viscous (viscous%3:00:00:adhesive:00)
(having the sticky properties of an adhesive)
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(adj)
sticky (sticky%3:00:02:wet:01)
(moist as with undried perspiration and with clothing sticking to the body)
"felt sticky and chilly at the same time"
S:
(adj)
muggy (muggy%3:00:00:wet:01)
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steamy (steamy%3:00:00:wet:01)
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sticky (sticky%3:00:01:wet:01)
(hot or warm and humid)
"muggy weather"; "the steamy tropics"; "sticky weather"
S:
(adj)
awkward (awkward%3:00:00:difficult:00)
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embarrassing (embarrassing%3:00:00:difficult:00)
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sticky (sticky%3:00:00:difficult:00)
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unenviable (unenviable%3:00:00:difficult:00)
(hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment)
"awkward (or embarrassing or difficult) moments in the discussion"; "an awkward pause followed his remark"; "a sticky question"; "in the unenviable position of resorting to an act he had planned to save for the climax of the campaign"
S:
(adj)
sticky (sticky%3:00:01:adhesive:00)
(covered with an adhesive material)