tricksy
Origin of tricksy
1Other words from tricksy
- trick·si·ly, adverb
- trick·si·ness, noun
Words Nearby tricksy
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How to use tricksy in a sentence
Her horns bedecked with ribbons gay, And garlanded with rosy may,—A tricksy sight.
The Book of Humorous Verse | VariousThe river is about five miles from shore to shore, and we have known it of old for a most enticing and tricksy customer.
Palmetto-Leaves | Harriet Beecher StoweMadame von Marwitz now looked at her and as she looked the tricksy light of malice again grew in her eye.
Tante | Anne Douglas SedgwickWasn't I born on a Easter Sunday, wid the power to see the good people, an' the little people, an' all the tricksy tribes?
The Harbor Master | Theodore Goodridge RobertsSometimes a tricksy, half-provoked desire to break through the barricade of his stoicism tempted her.
Big Timber | Bertrand W. Sinclair
British Dictionary definitions for tricksy
/ (ˈtrɪksɪ) /
playing tricks habitually; mischievous
crafty or difficult to deal with
archaic well-dressed; spruce; smart
Derived forms of tricksy
- tricksiness, noun
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