TRICKY

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”

catchy, tricky

(adjective) having concealed difficulty; “a catchy question”; “a tricky recipe to follow”

slippery, tricky

(adjective) not to be trusted; “how extraordinarily slippery a liar the camera is”- James Agee

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

tricky (comparative trickier, superlative trickiest)

hard to deal with, complicated

adept at using deception

(colloquial, slang) Relating to or associated with a prostitution trick

Source: Wiktionary


Trick"y, a.

Definition: Given to tricks; practicing deception; trickish; knavish.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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