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Meaning of TRICKY

Pronunciation:  'trikee

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [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"
  2. [adj]  having concealed difficulty; "a catchy question"; "a tricky recipe to follow"
  3. [adj]  not to be trusted; "how extraordinarily slippery a liar the camera is"- James Agee
 
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 Synonyms: artful, catchy, crafty, cunning, difficult, dodgy, foxy, guileful, hard, knavish, slick, slippery, sly, tricksy, untrustworthy, untrusty, wily
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Trick"y\, a.
Given to tricks; practicing deception; trickish; knavish.
 

 

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