lɪʃ adjective
1.
sensitive to tickling.
2.
requiring careful or delicate handling or action; difficult or risky; dicey: a ticklish situation.
3.
extremely sensitive; touchy: He is ticklish about being interrupted.
4.
unstable or easily upset, as a boat; unsteady.
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| —adj | |
| 1. | susceptible and sensitive to being tickled |
| 2. | delicate or difficult: a ticklish situation |
| 3. | easily upset or offended |
| 'ticklishly | |
| —adv | |
| 'ticklishness | |
| —n | |
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