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trickiness

trickiness

1 5.4
Being difficult to deal with and needing skill or care
  • noun
  • /ˈtrɪkiness/
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  • The trickiness here is that Marty doesn't quite allege that an ex parte communication took place about the case because everyone involved was sophisticated enough to recognize that that just isn't done.

So I, there has to be an appreciation on both sides of, of the trickiness of the other person's job.

Examples

  • And can you explain to me the trickiness of what you did after that, which is the, the the caller?

  • So I, there has to be an appreciation on both sides of, of the trickiness of the other person's job.

  • Whatever I could do to make your trickiness happen... I will do.

  • OK, but the, the the trick and the trickiness is what role does the environment play?

  • Yet she quickly became aware of the trickiness of these concerns when discussing them with her father, whose understanding of their complexity took a different direction.

    Academic text (2018)
  • She didn't catch the trickiness about how we needed six lines to divide it into seven boxes.

    Blog text (34)
  • The trickiness of the puzzle made it challenging for even the most experienced players.

  • He learned to navigate the trickiness of the legal process with the help of his attorney.

  • Understanding the trickiness of the situation requires careful thought and planning.

Synonyms

difficulty
vstrickiness
651 2.4

A hard part of a task that needs extra effort or is not easy to understand

stresses need for special skill or caution rather than only effort
fiendishness
vstrickiness
1 9.1

A very clever and difficult puzzle or plan that confuses people

requires careful skill or caution rather than being designed to confuse
intractableness
vstrickiness
9.9

The quality of being very difficult to manage or control

requires special skill or caution rather than being only hard to control
difficultness
vstrickiness
7.0

How hard something is to do, deal with, or understand

focuses on needing special skill or caution when handled
hardness
vstrickiness
5.3

How difficult something is to do or understand

involves need for careful skill or caution beyond plain difficulty
knottiness
vstrickiness
9.4

A quality that makes something hard to understand or solve

is about difficulty in handling that calls for special skill or caution
abstrusity
vstrickiness
  • Formal
9.9

The quality of being very difficult to understand because it is complex

focuses on needing special skill or caution rather than deep obscurity
tortuousness
vstrickiness
9.9

A quality of having many twists that makes paths or ideas hard to follow

refers to difficulty in handling that needs special skill or caution not winding paths

Antonyms

304 1.0

A state of comfort and freedom from worry

63 1.7

Being easy to understand and not complicated

How Difficult

complexity
166 5.0
trickiness
1 5.4
difficulty
651 2.4
ease
304 1.0

Surface Forms

trickiness singular
trickinesses plural

Morphology

trickiness = tricky (transparent) = trick + y + ness

Clear noun formation from 'tricky' meaning 'difficult', so the noun denotes the quality of being difficult.

Etymology

Trickiness comes from the word trick, which can mean a 'clever move' or special technique you need to solve something, like a tricky puzzle. So, trickiness can mean that something is difficult to deal with and needs skill or care.