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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk;
- Example: "an extremely dicey future on a brave new world of liquid nitrogen, tar, and smog"- New Yorker
[syn: chancy, chanceful, dicey, dodgy]

2. 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]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

dodgy
    adj 1: of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk; "an
           extremely dicey future on a brave new world of liquid
           nitrogen, tar, and smog"- New Yorker [syn: chancy,
           chanceful, dicey, dodgy]
    2: 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]


The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003):

dodgy
 adj.

    Syn. with flaky. Preferred outside the U.S.



The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):

dodgy

   Synonym with flaky.  Preferred outside the US

   [Jargon File]