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ick·y  (k)
adj. ick·i·er, ick·i·est Informal
1. Disagreeably sticky: icky candy.
2. Offensive; distasteful: icky sentimentality.
[Origin unknown.]
icki·ly adv.
icki·ness n.
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Adj.1.icky - very bad; "a lousy play"; "it's a stinking world"
crappy, lousy, rotten, shitty, stinking, stinky
colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
bad - having undesirable or negative qualities; "a bad report card"; "his sloppy appearance made a bad impression"; "a bad little boy"; "clothes in bad shape"; "a bad cut"; "bad luck"; "the news was very bad"; "the reviews were bad"; "the pay is bad"; "it was a bad light for reading"; "the movie was a bad choice"
2.icky - soft and sticky
gooey
adhesive - tending to adhere
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