tricksy

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

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”Synonyms: crafty cunning dodgy foxy guileful knavish slick sly tricky wily

Tricksy \Trick"sy\, a. [From Trick.] Exhibiting artfulness; trickish. "My tricksy spirit!" --Shak. [1913 Webster]

he tricksy policy which in the seventeenth century passed for state wisdom. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster]