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tricky

/ˈtɹɪk.i/adjective2 syllables

Tricky means: marked by skill in deception.

Synonyms for tricky17

adjective, as in marked by skill in deception

crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, wily, artful

adjective, as in not to be trusted

slippery, untrustworthy, untrusty

adjective, as in having concealed difficulty

catchy, difficult, hard

What does tricky mean?3

adjective

1

marked by skill in deception“cunning men often pass for wise”

2

not to be trusted“how extraordinarily slippery a liar the camera is”

3

having concealed difficulty“a catchy question”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with tricky?4

two syllables

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Tricky in a sentence

  • Expressing yourself seems easy enough, but it's surprisingly tricky.DJ_Saidez
  • That is a very important objective and it will be quite tricky to achieve.alcalino
  • It was a bit tricky to do that.CK
  • That tricky outlaw is so sneaky that he's lower than a snake's belly.mccarras
  • Everything is tricky; man can't explain things with talk.jprichardsjc
  • It's a tricky task which requires a lot of patience.sundown
  • The hills were brutal and tricky to climb.Amastan
  • I don't quite follow, but it looks like it will prove tricky. Ergh.unknown

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of tricky

as a adjective

comparative
trickier
superlative
trickiest