he tricksy policy which in the seventeenth century passed for state wisdom. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
tricksy — index jocular Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
tricksy — ► ADJECTIVE (tricksier, tricksiest) 1) clever in an ingenious or deceptive way. 2) playful or mischievous … English terms dictionary
tricksy — [trik′sē] adj. tricksier, tricksiest 1. Archaic tricked out; spruce; smart 2. full of tricks; playful; mischievous 3. TRICKY tricksiness n … English World dictionary
tricksy — adjective (tricksier; est) Etymology: tricks, plural of trick Date: 1552 1. archaic smartly attired ; spruce 2. full of tricks ; prankish 3. a … New Collegiate Dictionary
tricksy — trick|sy [ trıksi ] adjective INFORMAL a tricksy person likes to play tricks on people … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
tricksy — tricksily, adv. tricksiness, n. /trik see/, adj., tricksier, tricksiest. 1. Also, tricksome. given to tricks; mischievous; playful; prankish. 2. difficult to handle or deal with. 3. Archaic. tricky; crafty; wily. 4. Archaic. fashionably trim;… … Universalium
tricksy — adjective Inclined to trickery; sneaky, devious … Wiktionary
tricksy — adj, n (behaving like) an ostentatious, preten tious or otherwise obnoxious female, flossie. The term is used by females of those they disapprove of … Contemporary slang
tricksy — adjective (tricksier, tricksiest) 1》 ingenious or complicated. 2》 playful or mischievous. Derivatives tricksily adverb tricksiness noun … English new terms dictionary
tricksy — a. Trickish, artful … New dictionary of synonyms
