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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(informal) Having a fondness for physical contact with other people, especially to an excessive degree..
My last boyfriend was a lovely guy, but I dumped him because he was too touchy-feely with me in public.
Kühnel’s wife, Berta, began by asking everyone to join hands. […] When I asked her later what she made of the exercise, Hellar told me: “First of all, I’m not a good-feelings, touchy-feely kind of person.”
This time, the actor was in uncomfortably touchy-feely form. First he sidled up behind Scarlett Johansson as she posed on the red carpet, kissed her, and slid his hand around her waist.
He preferred the clarity of science and left the touchy-feely stuff to others.
I think the movie had too much touchy-feely nonsense and not enough action.
Why is it that, when straight men are touched, it is an affront worthy of outrage and police investigation, yet a woman's being the subject of a bar-wide game of touchy-feely is par for the course?
When I was wrestling, females were just appearing on the scene. I loved my coach's position. "If they want to wrestle with the boys, sure, I will put our wrestlers on the mat for some touchy feely. (Paraphrased, but not by much)
Use touchy-feely when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Touchy-feely means (informal) Having a fondness for physical contact with other people, especially to an excessive degree..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
My last boyfriend was a lovely guy, but I dumped him because he was too touchy-feely with me in public.
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