trickyadjective
uk/ˈtrɪk.i/us/ˈtrɪk.i/tricky adjective (DIFFICULT)
B2 If a piece of work or problem is tricky, it is difficult to deal with and needs careful attention or skill:
It's tricky to learn to ride a skateboard, but you never forget how.
I'm in a tricky situation - whatever I do I'll offend someone.
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- The company's had some tricky problems to negotiate in its first year in business.
- The Director of Studies tied me up in knots by asking tricky questions.
- He has a deft touch with tricky painting jobs.
- She's very easily offended, so working with her can be a bit tricky.
- The switch is a bit tricky to reach.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Complicated and difficult to do
- advanced
- ambitious
- another
- arduous
- as much as you can do idiom
- fiddly
- fiendish
- fierce
- formidable
- get blood out of/from a stone idiom
- murky
- painstaking
- picnic
- problematic
- punishing
- rigorous
- uphill
- vexed
- wearing
- wearying
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tricky adjective (DISHONEST)
old-fashioned likely to deceive people:
He's a tricky one.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Sly & devious
- artful
- backdoor
- calculating
- calculation
- conniving
- conspiratorial
- cunning
- devious
- disingenuous
- fox
- foxy
- guile
- Machiavellian
- scheme
- sleight of hand
- sneaky
- trick
- underhand
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