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Refers to an application or service that keeps a user on a Web site. For example, stock quotes, glossaries, educational material, chat rooms and similar offerings give people incentive to remain on the site, allowing the site to display more ads and proprietary messages. Web sites are inherently "not" sticky. One of their major advantages is the hyperlink, enabling visitors to go elsewhere in an instant. See stickiness, sticky connection and sticky timer.

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adjective

1. Having the property of adhering: adhesive, gluey, gooey, gummy, tacky¹. See clean/dirty, keep/release.
2. Damp and warm: humid, muggy, soggy, sultry. See dry/wet, hot/cold/lukewarm.
3. Hard to deal with or get out of: rough, tight, tricky. See easy/hard.

adj

Definition: difficult, embarrassing
Antonyms: easy, facile, pleasant

adj

Definition: gummy, adhesive
Antonyms: dry, smooth, unsticky

adj

Definition: humid and hot
Antonyms: cool, dry

A figure that can move higher relatively easily, but only will go down with pronounced effort. The existence of sticky-down prices has been proved by numerous modern-day economic studies, and usually it involves the economic input costs that go into producing a particular good or service. 

Sticky-down is an extension of "price stickiness".

Investopedia Says:
A classic example of something that is "sticky-down" are wages; employees will never mind a wage increase, but attempting to reduce wages is something that has historically been so unsuccessful that it is almost never attempted anymore. Workers relentlessly refute any wage declines, regardless of whether it is in the best interest of all workers in the long term.

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IN BRIEF: Tending to cling to a surface.

Even when freshly washed and relieved of all obvious confections, children tend to be sticky. — Fran Lebowitz

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sign description: The thumb and middle finger come together in a repeated motion.

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noun
noun, spec.

Something sticky, (a) an adhesive material; (b) a sticky wicket. (1859 —) .
Daily Mail As well as cash, the thieves took 'stickies'—the slang term for postage, national insurance and TV licence stamps (1975).

[From sticky adjective.]

Previous:	stickout, stick-up, stick
Next:	sticky dog, sticky-fingered, stickybeak

For a list of words related to sticky, see:

• Moderate, Sane, Conservative, or Old-Fashioned
• Troublesome, Negative, Irresponsible, or Unpleasant

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - klistret, klæbrig

idioms:

• come to a sticky end    dø en voldsom død
• sticky tape    klisterbånd, tape
• sticky wicket    vanskeligt problem

Nederlands (Dutch)
penibel, kleverig, plakkerig

Français (French)
adj. - adhésif, lourd (un temps), moite (une main), difficile, pas conciliant

idioms:

• come to a sticky end    mal finir
• sticky tape    (GB) scotch, ruban adhésif
• sticky wicket    impasse

Deutsch (German)
adj. - feucht, zäh, klebrig

idioms:

• come to a sticky end    ein böses Ende nehmen
• sticky tape    Klebeband
• sticky wicket    Spielfeld, das nach Regen schlecht zu bespielen ist

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - κολλώδης, παχύρρευστος, γλοιώδης, (καθομ.) συναισθηματικός, ζόρικος, δύσκολος

idioms:

• come to a sticky end    έχω ή βρίσκω άδοξο τέλος
• sticky tape    κολλητική ταινία
• sticky wicket    δύσκολες συνθήκες

Italiano (Italian)
sgradevole, appiccicaticcio, appiccicoso

idioms:

• come to/meet a sticky end    fare una brutta fine
• sticky tape    nastro adesivo
• sticky wicket    cricket su terreno bagnato

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - pegajoso, úmido, teimoso

idioms:

• come to/meet a sticky end    morrer de modo violento
• sticky tape    fita adesiva
• sticky wicket    estar em situação difícil

Русский (Russian)
липкий, клейкий, жаркий и влажный (о погоде), нерешительный, несговорчивый, придирчивый, неприятный трудный, требующий особого внимания

idioms:

• come to/meet a sticky end    плохо кончить
• sticky tape    клейкая лента (канцелярская)
• sticky wicket    затруднительное положение

Español (Spanish)
adj. - difícil, peliagudo, pegajoso, engomado, resbaladizo, pastoso

idioms:

• come to a sticky end    acabar mal
• sticky tape    cinta adhesiva
• sticky wicket    un aprieto

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - klibbig, kladdig, besvärlig, kinkig, obehaglig, pinsam

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
粘的, 泥泞的, 涂有粘胶物质的, 湿热的

idioms:

• come to a sticky end    下场不好
• sticky tape    胶带
• sticky wicket    周围场地泥泞的三柱门, 困境

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 粘的, 泥濘的, 塗有粘膠物質的, 濕熱的

idioms:

• come to a sticky end    下場不好
• sticky tape    膠帶
• sticky wicket    周圍場地泥濘的三柱門, 困境

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 접착성이 있는, 들러붙는, 어려운

idioms:

• come to a sticky end    결과가 어렵게 되었다, 골치 아프게 되다

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - べとべとする, 粘着性の, 難しい, やっかいな, 蒸し暑い, 気難しい

idioms:

• come to/meet a sticky end    惨めな結果になる
• sticky tape    粘着テープ
• sticky wicket    スティッキーウィケット, 厄介な立場

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) لاصق, لزج, دبق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮דביק, בוצי, קשה, לא נעים, מתנגד, מערים קשיים, לא עוזר, (מזג אויר) לח מאוד, מיוזע‬

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