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adjective

Ticklish adj.

Sensible to slight touches; easily tickled; as, the sole of the foot is very ticklish; the hardened palm of the hand is not ticklish.

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?"

Difficult; nice; critical; as, a ticklish business. "Surely princes had need, in tender matters and ticklish times, to beware what they say."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Ticklish" Quotes from Famous Books

... to a woman; all depends on the way in which it is said. I have seen lady doctors with whom one could discuss the most ticklish subjects, profoundly shocked by the misplaced pleasantries of a tactless professor. In themselves these pleasantries were quite innocent for medical ears, as my lady colleagues were finally obliged to admit, when I pointed out ...

— The Sexual Question - A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study • August Forel

... been on it fur years, anyhow," he says, reassuring the Captain, who has again taken him aside to talk over the ticklish matter. "I'm sartin ...

— The Land of Fire - A Tale of Adventure • Mayne Reid

... step. He had, as he firmly believed, a knowledge that Dr Pendle was a murderer; yet although the possession of such a secret gave him unlimited power, he was afraid to use it, for its mere exercise in the present lack of material evidence to prove its truth was a ticklish job. Cargrim felt like a man gripping a comet by its tail, and doubtful whether to hold on or let go. However, this uncertain state of things could be remedied by a strict examination into the circumstances of the ...

— The Bishop's Secret • Fergus Hume

... whole scheme completed by a gold-laced hat. In his right hand he held the royal standard fastened to a long cane which ended in a silver knob. A sword was by his side, which, as he only could have worn it on such occasions, and as the 'horses of the saint' were not unlikely as ticklish as most horses of the prairies of Entre Rios and Corrientes are wont to be, must have embarrassed him considerably. Behind him came the Corregidor, arrayed in yellow satin, with a silk waistcoat and gold buttons, breeches of yellow velvet, and a hat equal ...

— A Vanished Arcadia, • R. B. Cunninghame Graham

... already," said Mr. Carson. "It'll be a ticklish matter to get out again, and the sooner we do it the better. Will you go first ...

— The Jolliest School of All • Angela Brazil

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