sticky
adjective
having the property of adhering, as glue; adhesive.
stickier
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comparativeof sticky.comparative
The form of an adjective or adverb indicating a greater degree of a quality.
Example Sentences
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Underlying inflation has proven stickier than he expected this year and a labor market he thought would weaken has instead held firm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
Does that music-critic writing really make the service stickier?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026
The problem, given recent events in the Strait of Hormuz, is “a stickier path for core inflation.”
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 30, 2026
If you have a job doing specifically that, things get stickier.
From Slate ● Mar. 5, 2026
And because Ya-Ya was being talked about and read in groups, the book itself became that much stickier.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
