\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.