tricky, adj.
(trickier, trickiest)
(trickier, trickiest)
marked by skill in deception
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
crafty cunning dodgy foxy guileful knavish slick sly tricksy tricky wily
sample sentences
"cunning men often pass for wise""deep political machinations"
"a foxy scheme"
"a slick evasive answer"
"sly as a fox"
"tricky Dick"
"a wily old attorney"
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having concealed difficulty
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catchy tricky
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"a catchy question""a tricky recipe to follow"
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not to be trusted
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slippery tricky
sample sentences
"how extraordinarily slippery a liar the camera is"- James Agee
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