tricky
Origin of tricky
1Other words for tricky
Other words from tricky
- trick·i·ly, adverb
- trick·i·ness, noun
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How to use tricky in a sentence
When the ad shifts to Hunter Biden, it makes another tricky maneuver.
Trump’s most popular YouTube ad is a stew of manipulated video | Glenn Kessler, Meg Kelly | September 17, 2020 | Washington PostBy design, comparing the performance of RSAs to ETAs is tricky because they are two different animals.
RSAs: Are they living up to the promise? It depends | Ginny Marvin | September 9, 2020 | Search Engine LandBelow are a range of options to tackle the trickiest of scalp problems.
Scalp scrubs that banish scaly patches and build-up | PopSci Commerce Team | September 4, 2020 | Popular-ScienceEven so, some say that navigating the talk can be tricky especially when doing so with a client.
‘Safe and healthy’: As in person meetings resume, business execs are having the coronavirus ‘talk’ | Kristina Monllos | September 4, 2020 | DigidayWe opened that up nationwide for free to the entire country because we knew navigating a relationship and dating in this environment was tricky.
Match’s CEO explains how dating has changed during the COVID pandemic | Danielle Abril | September 3, 2020 | Fortune
The digital dating sphere can prove tricky, and bruising, for the trans user.
Their solidified friendship is one of the most touching details of the premiere, but it also puts Branson in a tricky predicament.
The power delivered by the rocket motor was uneven and tricky to control.
Virgin Galactic’s Flight Path to Disaster: A Clash of High Risk and Hyperbole | Clive Irving | November 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt is a tricky and perilous path, but there are no realistic alternatives.
There’s Only One Way to Beat ISIS: Work With Assad and Iran | Leslie H. Gelb | October 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhat makes Islam so tricky that it trips up even the usually more discerning among us?
The English have too much pride to be tricky or shabby, even in the essentially corrupting relation of buyer and seller.
Glances at Europe | Horace GreeleyA man's mind is a tricky thing—or, speaking more exactly, a man's emotions are tricky things.
Cabin Fever | B. M. BowerHe was concerned with the villainous intrigues of Cerizet, his copy-clerk, and with Theodose de la Peyrade, the tricky lawyer.
Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z | Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois ChristopheThe thing, as he had said, was tricky; it came and went; and the fear of losing it was the most overpowering of all fears.
The Creators | May SinclairYou may have married a healthy animal, but animals are tricky and uncertain.
The Eugenic Marriage, Vol. 3 (of 4) | W. Grant Hague
British Dictionary definitions for tricky
/ (ˈtrɪkɪ) /
involving snags or difficulties: a tricky job
needing careful and tactful handling: a tricky situation
characterized by tricks; sly; wily: a tricky dealer
Derived forms of tricky
- trickily, adverb
- trickiness, noun
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