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for tricksy
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Tricksy \Trick"sy\, a. [From Trick.]
Exhibiting artfulness; trickish. "My tricksy spirit!" --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
he tricksy policy which in the seventeenth century
passed for state wisdom. --Coleridge.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
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" [syn: crafty, cunning, dodgy,
foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy,
tricky, wily]
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