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dicey

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dic·ey  (ds)
adj. dic·i·er, dic·i·est
Involving or fraught with danger or risk: "an extremely dicey future on a brave new world of liquid nitrogen, tar, and smog" New Yorker.

[From dice.]

dicey
Adjective
[dicier, diciest] Informal dangerous or tricky
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Adj.1.dicey - of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk; "an extremely dicey future on a brave new world of liquid nitrogen, tar, and smog"- New Yorker
dangerous, unsafe - involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm; "a dangerous criminal"; "a dangerous bridge"; "unemployment reached dangerous proportions"

dicey
adjective (Informal), chiefly Brit. dangerous, difficult, tricky, risky, hairy (slang) ticklish, chancy (informal)
Translations
Spanish dicey [ˈdaɪsɪ] adj (col): it's a bit dicey (= risky) → es un poco arriesgado (= doubtful); es un poco dudoso
French dicey [ˈdaɪsɪ] adj (inf);
it's a bit dicey → c'est un peu risqué

German dicey [ˈdaɪsɪ] (inf) adjriskant
Italian dicey [ˈdaɪsɪ] adj (col): it's a bit dicey → è un po' un rischio

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If, like Pauline Dicey, she had roller-skated for a solid hour with a black-moustached stranger while her fiance floundered in Mug's Alley she could have understood his frowning disapprovingly.
 
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