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ticklish(dictionary)

ticklish (iou)



ticklish adjective & adverb. L16.
[from TICKLE adjective or verb + -ISH1.]
A. adjective.
Sensitive to tickling. L16.
Independent I began to massage her feet..She kept withdrawing themshe's very ticklish.
Of a person: easily offended, irritated, or upset; touchy. Of a thing: unsteady, unstable; easily unbalanced or overturned. L16.
Needing very careful treatment, requiring cautious handling or action, tricky; delicate, precarious, hazardous. L16.
J. Updike The ticklish relationship between publisher and writer. City Limits The case raises ticklish questions about the enforcement of drinking-up time.
b. adverb. Ticklishly. Long rare. M17.
ticklishly adverb in a ticklish manner, state, or position M17.
ticklishness noun L16.