TRICKSY

crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily

(adjective) marked by skill in deception; “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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

tricksy (comparative tricksier, superlative tricksiest)

Inclined to trickery; sneaky, devious.

Source: Wiktionary


Trick"sy, a. Etym: [From Trick.]

Definition: Exhibiting artfulness; trickish. "My tricksy spirit!" Shak. he tricksy policy which in the seventeenth century passed for state wisdom. Coleridge.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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