sly, cunning, crafty, wily, tricky, foxy, artful, slick mean attaining or seeking to attain one's ends by guileful or devious means. sly implies furtiveness, lack of candor, and skill in concealing one's …

Through his work with Massive Attack and other artists, Tricky became a major figure in the Bristol underground scene, which gave rise to multiple internationally recognized artists and the …

TRICKY definition: 1. If a piece of work or problem is tricky, it is difficult to deal with and needs careful…. Learn more.

1. involving snags or difficulties: a tricky job. 2. needing careful and tactful handling: a tricky situation. 3. characterized by tricks; sly; wily: a tricky dealer.

If something is tricky, it's difficult, like a tricky puzzle. And if a person is tricky, they're sneaky, skilled, or crafty, like a tricky magician who makes it look easy to pull quarters out of your ears.

Definition of tricky adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. (comparative trickier, superlative trickiest) difficult to do or deal with. Getting it to fit exactly is a tricky business. The …

TRICKY meaning: 1 : using or likely to use dishonest tricks; 2 : requiring skill or caution difficult to do or deal with

willing to use deceitful tricks: a tricky lawyer. difficult because unreliable or uncooperative: a tricky light switch. of or relating to clever or demanding motion or behavior: a tricky dance step. wily. …

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