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requiring exceptional skill or caution in performance or handling
- it's a bit tricksy to have a candid conversation with the company president without appearing to be either presumptuous or obsequious
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2
tending to or exhibiting reckless playfulness
- a tricksy provocateur who will make the most outrageous statements just to get a reaction
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The first known use of tricksy was in 1552
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