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English Dictionary: tricksy by the DICT Development Group
2 results for tricksy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tricksy
adj
  1. 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"
    Synonym(s): crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tricksy \Trick"sy\, a. [From {Trick}.]
      Exhibiting artfulness; trickish. [bd]My tricksy spirit![b8]
      --Shak.
  
               he tricksy policy which in the seventeenth century
               passed for state wisdom.                        --Coleridge.
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