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TICKLISHLY
Etymology
Adverb
ticklishly (comparative more ticklishly, superlative most ticklishly)
In a ticklish way.
Source: Wiktionary
TICKLISH
Tic"klish, a.
1. Sensible to slight touches; easily tickled; as, the sole of the foot is very ticklish; the hardened palm of the hand is not ticklish. Bacon.
2. Standing so as to be liable to totter and fall at the slightest touch; unfixed; easily affected; unstable. Can any man with comfort lodge in a condition so dismally ticklish Barrow.
3. Difficult; nice; critical; as, a ticklish business. Surely princes had need, in tender matters and ticklish times, to beware what they say. Bacon.
– Tic"klish*ly, adv.
– Tic"klish*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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