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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. not to be trusted;
- Example: "how extraordinarily slippery a liar the camera is"- James Agee
[syn: slippery, tricky]

2. having concealed difficulty;
- Example: "a catchy question"
- Example: "a tricky recipe to follow"
[syn: catchy, tricky]

3. marked by skill in deception;
- Example: "cunning men often pass for wise"
- Example: "deep political machinations"
- Example: "a foxy scheme"
- Example: "a slick evasive answer"
- Example: "sly as a fox"
- Example: "tricky Dick"
- Example: "a wily old attorney"
[syn: crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Tricky \Trick"y\, a.
   Given to tricks; practicing deception; trickish; knavish.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

tricky
    adj 1: not to be trusted; "how extraordinarily slippery a liar
           the camera is"- James Agee [syn: slippery, tricky]
    2: having concealed difficulty; "a catchy question"; "a tricky
       recipe to follow" [syn: catchy, tricky]
    3: 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" [syn: crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy,
       guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky,
       wily]