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Meaning of TRICKSY

Pronunciation:  'triksee

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  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"
 
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 Synonyms: artful, crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricky, wily
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Trick"sy\, a. [From {Trick}.]
Exhibiting artfulness; trickish. ``My tricksy spirit!''
--Shak.
      he tricksy policy which in the seventeenth century
      passed for state wisdom.                 --Coleridge.
 

 

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