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How to pronounce tricksy in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricky, wily
Derivation trick

Examples of tricksy

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Mr Khair evokes the dark and tricksy world of a foreigner in a promiscuous city.
From the economist.com
If McAfee is famously tricksy, what does he think of his unofficial biographers?
From the guardian.co.uk
He and Alsonso will put their faith in this tricksy circuit to keep Button at bay.
From the telegraph.co.uk
It goes badly off course, however, when it suddenly switches into a tricksy thriller.
From the guardian.co.uk
Getting money back from tricksy distributors isn't a job for amateurs.
From the guardian.co.uk
It's a bit tricksy but we could see that he was exploring the technique in his portfolio.
From the guardian.co.uk
Everything Everything marry plaintive indie songs to sparkly 80s synths and tricksy dynamics.
From the guardian.co.uk
The Tragedy Of Arthur is a tricksy, engaging conceit of a novel.
From the dailymail.co.uk
He isn't tricksy or experimental or loaded with malevolent theory.
From the online.wsj.com
More examples
  • Crafty: 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"
  • Inclined to trickery; sneaky, devious