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Synonyms for stickiness


Grammar : Noun
Spell : stik-ee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈstɪk i



Définition of stickiness

Origin :
  • 1727, "adhesive," from stick (v.). An Old English word for this was clibbor. First recorded 1864 in the sense of "sentimental;" 1915 with the meaning "difficult." Of weather, "hot and humid," from 1895. Sticky wicket is 1952, from British slang, in reference to cricket.
  • noun humidity
  • noun cohesion
Example sentences :
  • Knead this dough until it is soft and elastic, and free from stickiness.
  • Extract from : « Sandwiches » by Sarah Tyson Heston Rorer
  • He felt the stickiness, but the red blood was not welling out.
  • Extract from : « The Memory of Mars » by Raymond F. Jones
  • This prevents the stickiness sometimes so annoying in ironing.
  • Extract from : « The Ladies Book of Useful Information » by Anonymous
  • There is a peculiar sort of stickiness about college marriages.
  • Extract from : « At Good Old Siwash » by George Fitch
  • The sun had come out, and the frosty ruts had softened to stickiness.
  • Extract from : « The Copperhead » by Harold Frederic
  • We seized the sugar and retired in discretion and stickiness to the yard.
  • Extract from : « The Believing Years » by Edmund Lester Pearson
  • The mud has the stickiness of glue with the solidity of putty.
  • Extract from : « The Lost Army » by Thomas W. Knox
  • Work and beat it with the hand until it loses its stickiness, which will take some time.
  • Extract from : « The Century Cook Book » by Mary Ronald
  • Its stickiness is so great that the least touch is enough to hold the object.
  • Extract from : « More Hunting Wasps » by J. Henri Fabre
  • They would be called clay by many on account of their stickiness.
  • Extract from : « The First Book of Farming » by Charles L. Goodrich

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