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tricky

/ˈtɹɪki/

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What does tricky mean?

adjective

  1. Hard to deal with, complicated.
  2. Adept at using deception.
  3. (slang) Relating to or associated with a prostitution trick.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈtɹɪki/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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Such a lass was believed to possess the rare accomplishment of being able to hold her tongue, but nevertheless tricky.
Mary E. BlainGames for Hallow-e'enProject Gutenberg ebook #5890
He is always characterized as tricky, treacherous, and at the same time affable and charming, being not without the gifts of wit, prophecy, and eloquence.
Charles A. EastmanThe Soul of the Indian: An InterpretationProject Gutenberg ebook #340
More book examples (3)
The trouble with Lou is that he is tricky, and his neighbors have found out that, as Ivar says, he has not a fox’s face for nothing.
Willa CatherO Pioneers!Project Gutenberg ebook #24
This proved to be a most knotty and intricate puzzle--tricky and evasive--always leading on and promising something, and at the last slipping away leaving the work undone.
Frank Lewis Dyer; Thomas Commerford MartinEdison: His Life and InventionsProject Gutenberg ebook #820
Obviously, it is mere agility of mind, and not profundity, that is of most value and effect in so tricky and deceptive a combat as the duel of sex.
H. L. (Henry Louis) MenckenIn Defense of WomenProject Gutenberg ebook #1270