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Definition of Stickiest
1. sticky [adj] - See also: sticky
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stickiest
Literary usage of Stickiest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Francis W. Parker School Year Book by Francis W. Parker School, Francis W. Parker School (Chicago, Ill.), Francis W. Parker School, Chicago (1918)
"Can you guess which was the stickiest? Yes, the wheat flour was the stickiest.
It was so sticky you could just pull it like gum. ..."
2. The Writings of Henry David Thoreau by Henry David Thoreau (1906)
"It is the stickiest work I ever did. I do not see how the squirrels that gnaw
them off and then open them scale by scale keep their paws and whiskers clean. ..."
3. Report by Illinois Highway Commission (1908)
"sod undisturbed 'at least at one side of the road, which will afford, where the
soil is stickiest, a place where vehicles can travel more conveniently than ..."
4. Proceedings of the Annual Convention by Mid-West Cement Users' Association (1907)
"We run very frequently from a loose porous sand or gravel into the stickiest and
heaviest kind of clay, and we find it almost impossible in many places to ..."
5. The Journal of Speculative Philosophy: Ed. by Wm. T. Harris edited by William Torrey Harris (1885)
"The less the thought, the tighter the adhesion, and hence it were stickiest not
to think at all. The child knows the flower in this way better than the ..."
6. Screamfree Parenting: Raising Your Kids by Keeping Your Cool by Hal Edward Runkel (2005)
"Each of us could list several that hang on us like the stickiest Post-It notes.
Take a moment now to glance at just a few of the labels parents commonly use ..."
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