ticklish

[Eng. tickl (e); -ish.] *1. Tottering, unstable; standing so as to be liable to totter or fall at the slightest touch; easily moved or affected; uncertain. "Did it stand upon so ticklish and tottering a foundation as some men's fancy hath placed it, it would be no wonder should it frequently vary." -Woodward : Nat . Hist. 2. Difficult, uncertain, nice, critical, precarious. "Whenever he had in hand any ticklish busine ."London Daily Telegraph. 3. Sensible to the feeling of tickling; easily tickled. "The palm is not ticklish, because it is acc us tomed to be touched."-Bacon: Nat. Hist., § 766. tic-klish-ly, adv. [English ticklish; -ly.] In a ticklish manner.