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Definition of Tricksy
1. Adjective. Marked by skill in deception. "A wily old attorney"
Similar to: Artful
Derivative terms: Craft, Craftiness, Dodge, Fox, Foxiness, Slickness, Slickness, Slyness, Trick, Trick, Trickiness, Wile, Wiliness
Definition of Tricksy
1. a. Exhibiting artfulness; trickish.
Definition of Tricksy
1. Adjective. Inclined to trickery; sneaky, devious. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tricksy
1. mischievous [adj -SIER, -SIEST] - See also: mischievous
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tricksy
Literary usage of Tricksy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Poems and Translations by William James Linton (1889)
"tricksy. IT was a tricksy girl, I wot, albeit clad in grey : She woo'd me, ...
This tricksy maid This trick she play'd One warm spring day. ..."
2. A Century of American Literature, 1776-1876 by Henry Augustin Beers (1878)
"And now they throng the moonlight glade, Above—below—on every side, Their little
minim forms array'd In the tricksy pomp of fairy pride. THE AMERICAN FLAG. ..."
3. Picture Study in Elementary Schools by Lucy Langdon Williams Wilson (1900)
"Or is it, that in thee we trace, With all thy varied wanton grace, An emblem
viewed with kindred eye, Of tricksy restless infancy ? — JOANNA BAILLIE. ..."
4. Travels in Peru and Mexico by S. S. Hill (1860)
"A tricksy Animal. — Mineral Baths. — First View of the City of Mexico. — Arrival.
AFTEK breakfast the next morning we took our departure from Jalapa. ..."
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