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单词 tricksiness
释义

tricksy

adjective

ˈtrik-sē How to pronounce tricksy (audio)
tricksier; tricksiest
1
: full of tricks : prankish
2
a
: difficult to cope with or handle : trying
a tricksy job
b
archaic : having the craftiness of a trickster
3
chiefly British : ornately contrived in technique or effect
4
archaic : smartly attired : spruce
tricksiness noun

Synonyms

  • catchy
  • delicate
  • difficult
  • dodgy [chiefly British]
  • hairy
  • knotty
  • nasty
  • prickly
  • problematic
  • problematical
  • sensitive
  • spiny
  • sticky
  • thorny
  • ticklish
  • touchy
  • tough
  • tricky
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Example Sentences

it's a bit tricksy to have a candid conversation with the company president without appearing to be either presumptuous or obsequious a tricksy provocateur who will make the most outrageous statements just to get a reaction
Recent Examples on the Web Such films sometimes feel like tricksy technical experiments. The Economist, 18 June 2020

Word History

Etymology

tricks, plural of trick

First Known Use

1552, in the meaning defined at sense 4

tricksiness

noun

as in sportfulness
a natural disposition for playful behavior the novelist has a known weakness for literary tricksiness, so the reader should be skeptical of the narrator's trustworthiness

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • sportfulness
  • playfulness
  • mischief
  • prankishness
  • espièglerie
  • larkiness
  • coltishness
  • sportiveness
  • friskiness
  • mischievousness
  • devilment
  • impishness
  • kittenishness
  • energy
  • roguishness
  • diabolicalness
  • archness
  • jocundity
  • coyness
  • rascality
  • hob
  • devilishness
  • devilry
  • mirthfulness
  • waggery
  • frivolousness
  • vivacity
  • liveliness
  • deviltry
  • spiritedness
  • whimsicality
  • knavery
  • spunkiness
  • jocularity
  • sprightliness
  • vivaciousness
  • lightheartedness
  • gaiety
  • gayety

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • earnestness
  • seriousness
  • sobersidedness
  • soberness
  • grimness
  • sternness
  • solemnity
  • serious-mindedness
  • solemnness
  • graveness
  • restraint
  • stuffiness
  • constraint
  • priggishness
  • starchiness
  • self-control
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