sticky
adjective
having the property of adhering, as glue; adhesive.
stickiness
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a word derived from
sticky.
Example Sentences
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Extreme heat is set to roll into Southern California, extending a summer of misery-making stickiness and hot temperatures.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
“It’s going to be a slow easing cycle and fiscal is probably one of the reasons along with the stickiness of inflation,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
Lawrence Newman, chief executive of Beauty Tech Group, pointed to the city's five universities and "the stickiness of people wanting to live here post-university".
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2026
“It’s really starting to look like it could be, there could be some stickiness out there,” she says.
From Barron's ● Dec. 24, 2025
Olanna was sitting on Mohammed’s veranda, drinking chilled rice milk, laughing at the delicious cold trickle down her throat, at the stickiness on her lips, when the gateman appeared and asked to speak to Mohammed.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
