Hypertext Webster Gateway: "tricky"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tricky \Trick"y\, a.
Given to tricks; practicing deception; trickish; knavish.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
tricky
adj 1: not to be trusted; "how extraordinarily slippery a liar the
camera is"- James Agee [syn: {slippery}]
2: having concealed difficulty; "a catchy question"; "a tricky
recipe to follow" [syn: {catchy}]
3: 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" [syn: {crafty}, {cunning}, {dodgy}, {foxy},
{guileful}, {knavish}, {slick}, {sly}, {tricksy}, {wily}]
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