Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Sticky \Stick"y\, a. [Compar. {Stickier}; superl. {Stickiest}.]
   Having the quality of sticking to a surface; adhesive; gluey;
   viscous; viscid; glutinous; tenacious.

         Herbs which last longest are those of strong smell, and
         with a sticky stalk.                     --Bacon.

Source : WordNet®

sticky
     adj 1: having the properties of glue [syn: {gluey}, {glutinous}, {gummy},
             {mucilaginous}, {pasty}, {viscid}, {viscous}]
     2: moist as with undried perspiration and with clothing
        sticking to the body; "felt sticky and chilly at the same
        time"
     3: hot or warm and humid; "muggy weather"; "the steamy
        tropics"; "sticky weather" [syn: {muggy}, {steamy}]
     4: hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment;
        "awkward (or embarrassing or difficult) moments in the
        discussion"; "an awkward pause followed his remark"; "a
        sticky question"; "in the unenviable position of resorting
        to an act he had planned to save for the climax of the
        campaign" [syn: {awkward}, {embarrassing}, {unenviable}]