stickily
In adhesive fashion
In a sticky manner—adhering, clinging, or with a gluey quality.
The candy melted stickily in his pocket.
The word extends to figurative uses: humid weather sits stickily on the skin, and an awkward situation can unfold stickily when no one knows what to say.
Tending to stick
glutinous · adherent · tenacious · clingfilm · velcro · tape · bandage · paste
Excessively sweet or sentimental
- treaclyExcessively sweet or sentimental
- gooeySoft and sticky
- molassesSyrup from cane processing
- honeyBees' viscous nectar product
tar · caramel · toffee · gelatin · mucus · slime · oozing · dripping
Viscous unpleasant substance
- grimeIngrained surface dirt
- residueMatter left behind
- smudgeUnclear dirty mark
- splatterScatter in drops
muck · slop · goo · filth · spills · stains · smeared · matted
In a discomfiting manner
- uneasilyIn a worried manner
- clumsilyIn an uncoordinated manner
- haltinglyIn an unsteady manner
- hesitantlyWith uncertain manner
fitfully · jerkily · laboriously · painfully · embarrassingly · tensely · difficultly
gluey
Tending to stick
viscid · glutinous · adherent · tenacious · clingfilm · velcro · tape · bandage · paste · resin
syrupy
Excessively sweet or sentimental
honey · tar · caramel · toffee · gelatin · mucus · slime · oozing · dripping · dribbling
sweaty
Moist from exertion
moist · sultry · sweltering · oppressive · close · steamy · soggy · dank · dewy · perspiring
gunk
Viscous unpleasant substance
splatter · muck · slop · goo · filth · spills · stains · smeared · matted · clumped
uncomfortably
In a discomfiting manner
hesitantly · fitfully · jerkily · laboriously · painfully · embarrassingly · tensely · difficultly
stickilysmoothly
Without friction or difficulty
slickly · slipperily · frictionlessly · freely · loosely
- sticking outExtending beyond adjacent area
- sticking aroundContinuing to be present
- sticking toContinuing with commitment
- sticking upExtending upward visibly
- sticking pointUnresolved issue blocking progress
- sticking out like a sore thumbExtremely noticeable, awkwardly different