sticky

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English

From stick +‎ -y.

sticky (comparative stickier, superlative stickiest)

Tending to stick; able to adhere via the drying of a viscous substance.
Difficult, awkward.
Of a death: unpleasant, grisly.
Of weather: hot and windless and with high humidity, so that people feel sticky from sweating.
Mawkish, sentimental.
(finance) Tending to stay the same; resistant to change.
(computing, informal, of a setting) Persistent.
(computing, of a window) Appearing on all virtual desktops.
(Internet, of threads on a bulletin board) Fixed at the top of the list of topics or threads so as to keep it in view.
(Internet, of a website) Compelling enough to keep visitors from leaving.
(informal) Resembling or characteristic of a stick.

(able or likely to adhere): claggy, tenacious, glutinous; see also Thesaurus:adhesive
(hot, windless and humid): close, muggy, sultry; see also Thesaurus:muggy

sticky (countable and uncountable, plural stickies)

A sticky note, such as a post-it note.
(Internet) A discussion thread fixed at the top of the list of topics or threads so as to keep it in view.
(manufacturing) A small adhesive particle found in wastepaper.
(Australia, colloquial) A sweet dessert wine.
(slang) Sticky-icky; marijuana, especially the sticky, resin-covered buds.
(obsolete, slang, uncountable) Wax.

sticky (third-person singular simple present stickies, present participle stickying, simple past and past participle stickied)

(Internet, bulletin boards, transitive) to fix a thread at the top of the list of topics or threads so as to keep it in view.