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Examples of tricky in a Sentence
The lock is tricky to open.
a tricky musical passage for the woodwind section
Recent Examples of tricky from the Web
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Negotiations were always trickier on the Senate side.
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The School Board could make up the difference by imposing a tax of up to $1 for each $1,000 of taxable property value, but doing so might be a little tricky since this is an election year.
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The approach shot is tricky with the green running towards the water and being guarded by three bunkers.
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And plants that don’t self-pollinate are going to be trickier.
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Uber may even have to start the crucial process of mapping Arizona’s roads again from scratch, which was already tricky.
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The intention behind specific words can be tricky to parse: A Portuguese term might be considered a racial slur in Brazil, but not in Portugal.
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Things can easily go wrong in horse racing, and the timing for late-developing colts is even more tricky.
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The calculus to advance out of the June 5 primary is tricky with four Democrats, including retired San Diego deputy fire chief Ken Malbrough, and Dumanis.
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First Known Use of tricky
1786
tricky Synonyms
Synonyms
artful, beguiling, cagey (also cagy), crafty, cunning, cute, designing, devious, foxy, guileful, scheming, shrewd, slick, sly, subtle, wily;
Antonyms
Near Antonyms
obvious, open, patent, plain, public, unconcealed;
aboveboard, candid, direct, forthright, frank, honest, natural, outspoken, plainspoken, real, simple, sincere, straightforward, unaffected, unpretending, unpretentious, unvarnished;
childlike, impressionable, simpleminded, unsophisticated, unworldly;
Related Words
crooked, deceitful, deceptive, dishonest, fraudulent, insinuating, knavish, Machiavellian, oblique, serpentine, shady, shifty, slippery, sneaky, treacherous, underhand, underhanded, unscrupulous;
backhanded, double-dealing, hypocritical, insincere, left-handed, mealy, mealymouthed, smooth-tongued, two-faced;
circuitous, circular, roundabout;
clandestine, concealed, covert, furtive, hugger-mugger, secret, stealthy, surreptitious, undercover;
Synonym Discussion of tricky
sly, cunning, crafty, wily, tricky, foxy, artful, slick mean attaining or seeking to attain one's ends by guileful or devious means. sly implies furtiveness, lack of candor, and skill in concealing one's aims and methods.
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- a sly corporate raider
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- the cunning fox avoided the trap
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- a crafty lefthander
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- the wily fugitive escaped the posse
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- a tricky political operative
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- a foxy publicity man planting stories
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- elicited the information by artful questioning
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- slick operators selling time-sharing
TRICKY Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of tricky for English Language Learners
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: using or likely to use dishonest tricks
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: requiring skill or caution : difficult to do or deal with
TRICKY Defined for Kids
adjective
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ˈtri-kē
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Definition of tricky for Students
trickier;
trickiest
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: requiring special care and skill
- Opening the lock is tricky.
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: likely to use tricks
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