US /ˈtɹɪk.i/
adj Freq #5252

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    Difficult to deal with or do; complicated.

    They found themselves in a tricky situation.

  2. 2
    adj

    Clever at deceiving people; not to be trusted.

    A tricky salesman can sell almost anything.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · difficult to deal with or... catchy
2 adj · clever at deceiving people;... cunningslippery
Word family
Forms trickiertrickiest
Derived forms trickilytrickiness
Related forms sneakytrick

Etymology

From trick + -y.

Topics

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