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1. (adj.) tricky
given to or characterized by deceitful tricks; crafty; wily; sly.
2. tricky
unpredictably difficult or troublesome; unreliable or uncooperative:
a tricky light switch.
3. tricky
having, using, or involving clever, intricate, or demanding maneuvers:
a tricky dance step.
Etymology: (1780–90)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) slippery, tricky
not to be trusted
"how extraordinarily slippery a liar the camera is"- James Agee
2. (adj) catchy, tricky
having concealed difficulty
"a catchy question"; "a tricky recipe to follow"
3. (adj) crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily
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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1. (adjective) tricky
difficult, or likely to cause problems
a tricky question; a tricky situation
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) tricky
given to tricks; practicing deception; trickish; knavish
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Sense: difficult
a tricky problem/job; a tricky person to deal with.
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 Afrikaans: moeilik |
 Arabic: مَكّار، حَيّال، مُخادِع |
 Bulgarian: труден |
 Brazilian: difícil |
 Czech: obtížný, komplikovaný |
 German: knifflig |
 Danish: vanskelig; snu |
 Greek: δύσκολος |
 Spanish: difícil, complicado, espi |
 Estonian: keeruline |
 Farsi: دشوار |
 Finnish: hankala |
 French: difficile |
 Hebrew: מְסוּבַּך |
 Hindi: चालाक |
 Croatian: težak, zahtjevan |
 Hungarian: bonyolult; cseles |
 Indonesian: sulit |
 Icelandic: víðsjáll, erfiður viðfang |
 Italian: difficile |
 Japanese: 扱いにくい |
 Korean: 어려운 |
 Lithuanian: keblus, sunkus |
 Latvian: grūts; sarežģīts |
 Malay: rumit |
 Dutch: lastig |
 Norwegian: kinkig, innviklet |
 Polish: trudny |
 Persian: دشوار |
 Pashto: ستونزمن، سخت |
 Romanian: dificil |
 Russian: сложный; мудрёный |
 Slovak: ťažký, zložitý |
 Slovenian: kočljiv |
 Serbian: nezgodan |
 Swedish: knepig, krånglig |
 Thai: ยาก |
 Turkish: zor, güç |
 Taiwanese: 困難的，狡猾的 |
 Ukrainian: складний; заплутаний |
 Urdu: مشکل |
 Vietnamese: khó khăn |
 Chinese: 困难的，狡猾的 |
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