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tricky - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'tricky' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Tricky [ a.]
- Given to tricks; practicing deception; trickish; knavish.

Meaning of 'tricky' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . tricky [ s]
Meaning (1):
- having concealed difficulty
Example in sentence:
  • a catchy question;
  • a tricky recipe to follow
Meaning (2):
- marked by skill in deception
Example in sentence:
  • a foxy scheme;
  • a slick evasive answer;
  • a wily old attorney;
  • cunning men often pass for wise;
  • deep political machinations;
  • sly as a fox;
  • tricky Dick
Meaning (3):
- not to be trusted
Example in sentence:
  • how extraordinarily slippery a liar the camera is

Nearby Words:

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