trickish
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Although a trifle too trickish and studied to rank as Pinter's best work, it is quite good enough to dominate the Broadway scene, and probably will not be surpassed in dramatic quality this season.
From Time Magazine Archive
Trick′sey, Trick′sy, trickish, exhibiting artfulness: pretty, dainty, neat.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
The Italians have a very good Phrase to express this Art of imposing upon the Spectators by Appearances: They call it the Fourberia della Scena, The Knavery or trickish Part of the Drama.
From The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Addison, Joseph
Huckster, huk′stėr, n. a retailer of smallwares, a hawker or pedlar: a mean, trickish fellow:—fem.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
Jugg′ler, one who performs tricks by sleight-of-hand: a trickish fellow; Jugg′lery, art or tricks of a juggler: legerdemain: trickery.—adv.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
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