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tricksy
adjective
uk /ˈtrɪk.si/ us /ˈtrɪk.si/
using tricks to surprise or deceive people:
The test is full of tricksy questions that are designed to catch you out if you are lying.
The director uses nothing tricksier than strong shadows to communicate strength and mystery.
The film relies on tricksy camera angles to make an impact on the viewer.
Some phone providers try to fool customers with complicated contracts and tricksy charging structures.
His new novel is over 700 pages long and has a tricksy time-travel structure.
Velazquez's "Las Meninas" is probably the tricksiest painting about painting.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Sly & devious
artful
artfully
artfulness
backdoor
calculating
cunningly
devious
deviously
deviousness
disingenuous
ducking
guile
guileful
guilefully
legerdemain
Machiavellian
tricky
underhand
weaselly
wily
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