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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  ticklish 
  adj  :  difficult  to  handle;  requiring  great  tact;  "delicate 
  negotiations  with  the  big  powers";  "hesitates  to  be 
  explicit  on  so  ticklish  a  matter"  [syn:  {delicate}] 




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