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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