tricky
Americanadjective
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involving snags or difficulties
a tricky job
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needing careful and tactful handling
a tricky situation
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characterized by tricks; sly; wily
a tricky dealer
Other Word Forms
- trickily adverb
- trickiness noun
Etymology
Origin of tricky
Example Sentences
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Nakanishi admitted it was "tricky" to blend together so many different elements - old and new, action and horror - within Requiem so that they became "more than the sum of their parts".
From BBC
"If you can get yourself out of some tricky positions and end up winning games it does wonders for your confidence," Jacks said.
From BBC
There’s a monologue scene that I have that was kind of a tricky scene because we want to show that Rachel’s a good actress, but that she’s just not quite right for the part.
From Los Angeles Times
“Silver is a bit trickier and we are concerned that prices could pull back further near term,” they say in the note, although they keep open the possibility that silver returns to over $100/oz.
Freelance music journalist Emma Wilkes feels Yungblud's upcoming arena tour could have made it "trickier" to have BludFest in the UK as it may have "affected the ticket sales of both".
From BBC
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