# stickiness

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #71,135

## Definitions
1. The property of sticking or adhering; adhesion.
2. Warmth and humidity, as on a muggy day.
3. Of prices or wages: the tendency to stay the same despite changes in the economy.
4. The presence of unique attributes that make a product indisposable and valuable to its owner.
5. A research measure that captures the extent to which viewers wish to spend more time looking at or reading a print advertisement.
6. An overemotional attachment to others; clinging in interpersonal relations; difficulty with ending conversations.

## Etymology
From sticky + -ness.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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