different between sticky vs chilly
sticky
English
Etymology
From stick +? -y.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?st?ki/
- Rhymes: -?ki
Adjective
sticky (comparative stickier, superlative stickiest)
- Able or likely to adhere via the drying of a viscous substance.
- Potentially difficult to escape from.
- 2014, Michael White, "Roll up, roll up! The Amazing Salmond will show a Scotland you won't believe", The Guardian, 8 September 2014:
- Salmond studied medieval Scottish history as well as economics at university so he cannot say he has not had fair warning – it was even more turbulent and bloody than England at that time – and plenty of Scotland's kings and leaders came to a sticky end.
- 2014, Michael White, "Roll up, roll up! The Amazing Salmond will show a Scotland you won't believe", The Guardian, 8 September 2014:
- Of weather, hot and windless and with high humidity, so that people feel sticky from sweating.
- 2008, Robert K. Fitts, Wally Yonamine: The Man Who Changed Japanese Baseball
- The baby was due in December and the hot, sticky August weather was making Jane uncomfortable.
- 2008, Robert K. Fitts, Wally Yonamine: The Man Who Changed Japanese Baseball
- (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.
- Similar to a stick
Synonyms
- (able or likely to adhere): claggy, tenacious; see also Thesaurus:adhesive
- (hot, windless and humid): close, muggy, sultry; see also Thesaurus:muggy
Derived terms
- stickily
- stickiness
- sticky-backed plastic
- sticky bit
- sticky fingers
- sticky note
- sticky tape
- sticky wicket
Translations
See also
- tacky
Noun
sticky (plural stickies)
- A sticky note, such as a post-it note.
- Her desk is covered with yellow stickies.
- (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.
Translations
Verb
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.
Translations
sticky From the web:
- what sticky keys do
- what sticky rice
- what sticky substance
- what sticky rice to buy
- what sticky keys
- what sticky poop means
- what sticky stuff are pitchers using
- what sticky substance are pitchers using
chilly
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /?t??li/
- Rhymes: -?li
- Homophones: Chile, chile, chili, chilli
Etymology 1
chill +? -y.
Adjective
chilly (comparative chillier, superlative chilliest)
- Cold enough to cause discomfort.
- Feeling uncomfortably cold.
- (figuratively) Distant and cool; unfriendly.
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:cold
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Etymology 2
See chili.
Noun
chilly (plural chillies)
- Alternative spelling of chili.
References
- chilly in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- chilly in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
chilly From the web:
- what chilli wants
- what chills mean
- what chills feel like
- what chills
- what chillin means
- what chill out means
- what chillies are not hot
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