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ticklish

che soffre il solletico
(fig.: di persona) permaloso; suscettibile
(fig.) difficile; delicato; scabroso: a t. question, una questione delicata; a t. subject, un argomento scabroso
(del tempo, ecc.) instabile; mutevole; incerto
| -ly avv.
| -ness n. .

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