trickish

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trickish
Adjective
  • My idea was not to get too trick-sy with it, to keep it at a fairly simple visual level.
    Corey S Powell, Discover Magazine, 5 Nov. 2014
  • As Halloween approaches, investors seem fearful that good credit performance may be more trick than treat.
    Telis Demos, WSJ, 21 Oct. 2022
Adjective
  • Investing in the circular economy Finding companies to invest in that are operating in this new way can be tricky because of a lack of disclosures related to the circular economy, according to Goldman Sachs.
    Lucy Handley, CNBC, 31 Jan. 2025
  • The 'Red Flags' To Avoid In Any New Friendship By Maria Morava Relationships Reporter 0 Finances can be tricky in relationships, especially when unpaid debts and unspoken expectations are at play.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The Scottish mod rogues are back with their best album in 15 years, a resurgence for the craftiest, most clever U.K. guitar band of their era.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 11 Jan. 2025
  • Throwing him in there with an explosive bruiser like Sheamus and a crafty technician like Kaiser was a great way to showcase everything great about all three guys.
    Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Ladbroke's, in London…The Committee, a smart little group who do a revue of often funny, frozen improvisations, smashing head-on into politics…The wily, eighteenth-century satirist.
    Vogue, Vogue, 2 Feb. 2025
  • Film Starring Daisy Ridley Lands 'Bourne Ultimatum' Writer George Nolfi The city’s grim reaper here is La Flaca (Saray Rebolledo), a wily and seductive Black woman who spends her days at a dive bar called Babel.
    Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 26 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • There are 12 zodiac animals in Chinese astrology, and people born in the year of the snake are considered intelligent, strategic, and cunning deep thinkers.
    Michael Khouw, CNBC, 30 Jan. 2025
  • Coyotes often mate for life and are good parents, a contradiction to popular culture’s idea of the desert wolf as mischievous and cunning villain.
    Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Bleacher Report's Kerry Miller recently suggested the Pirates could be a sneaky candidate in the race to sign Texas Rangers free agent Andrew Heaney.
    Joel Thayer, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025
  • Some sneaky snow squalls could cause a few headaches on the roads Tuesday.
    Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 27 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Silicon Valley Workers Quietly Protest: As Mark Zuckerberg and other tech titans have embraced President Trump and muffled internal dissent at their companies, their mostly left-leaning employees have objected with subtle acts of defiance.
    Mike Isaac, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2025
  • Barrett, a scruffy 34-year-old with a subtle surfer drawl, launched Almost Friday with his younger brothers, Max, 33, and Sam, 28.
    Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 6 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Whenever Carolyn’s name has come up in passing as a possible Traitor, it has been immediately nixed, with folks unable to believe that the Survivor finalist could ever pull off being so deceptive.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 3 Feb. 2025
  • However, there’s also a darker side — beware of deceptive words or misleading information.
    Valerie Mesa, People.com, 28 Jan. 2025
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“Trickish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trickish. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.

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