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tricky

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trick·y  (trk)
adj. trick·i·er, trick·i·est
1. Given to or characterized by trickery.
2. Requiring caution or skill: a tricky recipe.

tricki·ly adv.
tricki·ness n.

tricky [ˈtrɪkɪ]
adj trickier, trickiest
1. involving snags or difficulties a tricky job
2. needing careful and tactful handling a tricky situation
3. characterized by tricks; sly; wily a tricky dealer
trickily  adv
trickiness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.trickytricky - not to be trusted; "how extraordinarily slippery a liar the camera is"- James Agee
untrustworthy, untrusty - not worthy of trust or belief; "an untrustworthy person"
2.trickytricky - having concealed difficulty; "a catchy question"; "a tricky recipe to follow"
difficult, hard - not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure; "a difficult task"; "nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of access"; "difficult times"; "why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?"
3.trickytricky - 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"
artful - marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft; "the artful dodger"; "an artful choice of metaphors"

tricky
adjective
1. difficult, sensitive, complicated, delicate, risky, sticky (informal), hairy (informal), problematic, thorny, touch-and-go, knotty, dicey (informal), ticklish This could be a very tricky problem.
difficult clear, easy, simple, obvious, straightforward, uncomplicated
2. crafty, scheming, subtle, cunning, slippery, sly, deceptive, devious, wily, artful, foxy, deceitful They could encounter some tricky political manoevring.
crafty open, direct, genuine, sincere, honest, truthful, dinkum (Austral & N.Z. informal), above board, artless, ingenuous
Translations
tricky [ˈtrɪkɪ] ADJ (trickier (compar) (trickiest (superl)))
1. [situation] → complicado, difícil; [problem] → delicado
it's all rather trickyes un poco complicado, es un tanto difícil
2. [person] (= sly) → tramposo, ladino; (= difficult) → difícil

tricky [ˈtrɪki] adj
(= difficult) [problem, situation] → difficile, délicat(e)
Parking can be tricky in the town centre → Il n'est pas toujours facile de se garer dans le centre.
(= crafty) [person] → rusé(e)

tricky
adj (+er)
(= difficult)schwierig; (= fiddly)knifflig; he is a very tricky person to get on withes ist äußerst schwierig, mit ihm auszukommen; warts can be tricky to get rid ofWarzen loszuwerden kann schwierig sein; it is going to be tricky explaining or to explain his absencees wird nicht einfach sein, seine Abwesenheit zu erklären; it’s tricky for me to give you an answer nowes ist nicht einfach für mich, Ihnen jetzt darauf zu antworten
(= requiring tact) situation, problemheikel, kitzlig
(= sly, crafty) person, plandurchtrieben, gerissen; questionschwierig, knifflig (inf); a tricky customerein schwieriger Typ

tricky [ˈtrɪkɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (situation, problem) → difficile; (job, task) → delicato/a; (person, sly) → astuto/a
tricky [ˈtrɪkɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (situation, problem) → difficile; (job, task) → delicato/a; (person, sly) → astuto/a

tricky trick
tricky مخادع obtížný vanskelig knifflig ύπουλος peliagudo hankala difficile nezgodan complesso 油断のならない 애매한 lastig vanskelig podstępny complicado хитрый knepig ยาก dolambaçlı khó khăn 棘手的


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But the things Rivera fought for burned in his brain--blazing and terrible visions, that, with eyes wide open, sitting lonely in the corner of the ring and waiting for his tricky antagonist, he saw as clearly as he had lived them.
Cromwell is mighty, Mazarin is tricky, but I would rather have to do with them than with the late Monsieur Mordaunt.
"No," replied the Shaggy Man; "it won't do that, for I know a trick to beat this tricky road.
 
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