tricksy
Americanadjective
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Also given to tricks; mischievous; playful; prankish.
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difficult to handle or deal with.
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Archaic. tricky; crafty; wily.
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Archaic. fashionably trim; spruce; smart.
adjective
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playing tricks habitually; mischievous
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crafty or difficult to deal with
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archaic well-dressed; spruce; smart
Other Word Forms
- tricksily adverb
- tricksiness noun
Etymology
Origin of tricksy
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Example Sentences
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It’s right there in the script of Francis Beaumont’s “The Knight of the Burning Pestle,” a tricksy, loopy, wildly self-referential 1607 play that parodies both city comedy and chivalric romance.
From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2023
Psychological coherence takes a back seat to tricksy plotting.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2022
“Easy Feedback Form” even appeared in the credits of 2021’s hit collectible card game Inscryption — a means for developer Daniel Mullins to fine-tune the tricksy, playfully meta title.
From The Verge • Jun. 29, 2022
She keeps the Polaroid picture of herself and her friends, taken by a tricksy hitchhiker in the 1974 film, on her dashboard visor.
From Salon • Feb. 19, 2022
She gives me a tricksy grin, full of secrets.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
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