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"Ticklish"
Keywords:
totter
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unfixed
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slightest
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sensible
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easily
Sensible to slight touches; easily tickled; as, the sole of the foot is very ticklish; the hardened palm of the hand is not ticklish.
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Standing so as to be liable to totter and fall at the slightest touch; unfixed; easily affected; unstable.
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Keywords:
tact
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hesitates
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nice
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difficult
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explicit
Difficult; nice; critical; as, a ticklish business.
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difficult to handle; requiring great tact; "delicate negotiations with the big powers"; "hesitates to be explicit on so ticklish a matter"
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