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Meaning tricky meaning

What does tricky mean?

tricky

— adjective (= slippery) not to be trusted how extraordinarily slippery a liar the camera is — James Agee — adjective (= catchy) having concealed difficulty a catchy question a tricky recipe to follow — adjective (= cunning, foxy, slick, sly, wily) marked by skill in deception cunning men often pass for wise deep political machinations a foxy scheme a slick evasive answer sly as a fox tricky Dick a wily old attorney

Synonyms tricky synonyms

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Examples tricky examples

How do I use tricky in a sentence?

Simple sentences

This is the tricky part.

That's a tricky question.

I've been doing research over the last few days about how I might make money from the project, but I think all my options will require a severe shift in the way I live, which is a tricky thing.

Peeling an orange can be tricky at times, you never know if it will squirt you in the face.

I've heard Italian is a tricky language.

The answer's tricky.

It's a tricky business.

Movie subtitles

Names - they can be so tricky.

He can be pretty tricky.

You're pretty tricky, ain't ya?

Well,I Don't See What's So Tricky About It.

You know, this is a very tricky house.

There's a tricky bit, but. About a thousand feet above the center.

It's pretty tricky when you don't know it, isn't it?

Well, life is tricky.

These pressure-cabin jobs are tricky.

As fancy a piece of homicide as anybody ever ran into smart, tricky, almost perfect, but.

Watch. It's tricky.

It's tricky shooting.

Pretty tricky, those foreigners.

But TB is a tricky old disease. It's a race between you and the bacteria.

Now for the tricky part.

It's a bit tricky here.

Now, that's tricky.

Kinda tricky, ain't ya?

Well, if he ain't the tricky one.

Tricky to navigate, and if I may say so, tricky to chart.

As fancy a piece of homicide as anybody ever ran into. smart, tricky, almost perfect, but.

Some tricky little question.

It's tricky duty.

Questioning's a tricky business.

They want to try to keep the relationship going as much as they can, but they know that it's going to be tricky because Allison's situation with her family. The Argents hunt werewolves.

I just wanted to get a little practice before the grouse shooting started. Don't you practice before grouse shooting? Very tricky birds.

That suit is a little tricky.

Hey, that's a tricky little number.

Pretty tricky situation.

It's a very tricky time, so please no.

It's a little tricky.

Well, cakes can be kind of tricky.

Once in a while cortisone gets a little tricky.

He knows how to get out of tricky situations.

May I put it on? -The clasp is a bit tricky.

News and current affairs

Indeed, enlargement of NATO comes only a few days after a deal was struck between Russia and the EU on the tricky question of access to the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad.

That transition will be a tricky one, because the governments that dominate the UN commission for human rights (CHR) are increasingly trying to protect themselves - and their allies - from any scrutiny or criticism.

A tricky question, no doubt.

After mitigating the downturn, central bankers must withdraw the immense infusion of liquidity before inflation takes off, a tricky maneuver.

The political economy of public-spending reform is tricky, and well-designed macroeconomic plans can be taken hostage by pork-barrel politics.

But finding new things that can be done successfully is tricky, because it requires knowing what you will need and whether you will be able to procure it.

For the rest of the world, economic maneuvering would be tricky.

What makes monetary policy tricky at this point is that the German economy-which has been Europe's locomotive during the current cyclical upturn-may be reaching a turning point.

This is a tricky road to pursue, but it is the only one worth taking.

Seventh, exiting QE is tricky.

Fiscal stimulus is a tricky business.

Separating the budget's effects on the economy from those of the economy on the budget is tricky.

This is a tricky business.

For a while, everybody played politely along; but the tricky double-think involved in this was exposed when the younger brother, Ed, won the leadership, by a razor-thin margin, in a last-minute upset.

The eurozone and refugee crises have common features that make them tricky to resolve.

An alternative might be a dialogue between the EU and the EEU, but that would be tricky as the EEU pursues a closer relationship with China and its Silk Road allies.

LONDON - This is a tricky time to be a state, and an even trickier time to be a citizen.

Finding a home for the Ottoman province of Mosul proved to be a particularly tricky part of the game, as it was claimed by the new governments in both Turkey and Iraq.

Because the president's party controls only a third of the seats in the National Assembly, a new ruling coalition will be needed, which is tricky as parties are now increasingly divided along regional lines.

Nature can seem complex, haphazard, and tricky; and it can strike us as simple, symmetrical, and beautiful.

One reason is that she leads a coalition government that is facing elections, and that finds itself in a very tricky situation with its own parliament.

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