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trickiest |
Overview of adj tricky The adj tricky has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. slippery, tricky -- (not to be trusted; "how extraordinarily slippery a liar the camera is"- James Agee) 2. catchy, tricky -- (having concealed difficulty; "a catchy question"; "a tricky recipe to follow") 3. crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily -- (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") Antonyms of adj tricky 3 senses of tricky Sense 1 slippery, tricky INDIRECT (VIA untrustworthy) -> trustworthy, trusty Sense 2 catchy, tricky INDIRECT (VIA difficult) -> easy Sense 3 crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily INDIRECT (VIA artful) -> artless Similarity of adj tricky 3 senses of tricky Sense 1 slippery, tricky => untrustworthy (vs. trustworthy), untrusty Sense 2 catchy, tricky => difficult (vs. easy), hard Sense 3 crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily => artful (vs. artless) Attributes of adj tricky Familiarity of adj tricky tricky used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Grep of adj tricky tricky Overview of adj tricky The adj tricky has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. slippery, tricky -- (not to be trusted; "how extraordinarily slippery a liar the camera is"- James Agee) 2. catchy, tricky -- (having concealed difficulty; "a catchy question"; "a tricky recipe to follow") 3. crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily -- (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")
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