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Synonyms for tricky

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  1. Sly

    wily, crafty, foxy; see sly 1.

  2. Shrewd

    clever, sharp, keen-witted; see intelligent 1.

  3. *Delicate or difficult

    complicated, intricate, critical, touchy, involved, perplexing, knotty, thorny, complex, unstable, ticklish, catchy, likely to go wrong, hanging by a thread*; see also difficult 1, 2.

    Antonyms easy*, clear-cut, simple. See syn. study at sly.sly.

See tricky in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II

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