Tricksy

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tricksy \Trick"sy\, a. [From {Trick}.]
     Exhibiting artfulness; trickish. "My tricksy spirit!" --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           he tricksy policy which in the seventeenth century
           passed for state wisdom.                 --Coleridge.


     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  tricksy
       adj : 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 Dik";
             "a wily old attorney" [syn: {crafty}, {cunning}, {dodgy},
              {foxy}, {guileful}, {knavish}, {slick}, {sly}, {tricky},
              {wily}]
       [also: {tricksiest}, {tricksier}]