tricky
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3.9
- adjective
- /ˈtrɪki/
:
complicado
- Navigating the narrow path was tricky due to the hidden roots and loose stones.
- a tricky question
- a tricky problem
- a tricky issue
Those three things, That's the trickiest stuff, and the rest should be OK.
- Those three things, That's the trickiest stuff, and the rest should be OK.
- Well, you know, that's, that's, that's a tricky question to answer.
- That is a tricky, tricky distinction to sell.
- It's a little bit tricky in the way that it's framed.
- Core beliefs are tricky because they can limit us.
- So this one's a little bit tricky as a gamer.
- Well, beautiful is a tricky word, I think.
- It's a it's a tricky path, that's for sure.
- It's possible, but it's very tricky even for small amounts.
Examples
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This is a dangerous, tricky thing to do.
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That is a tricky, tricky distinction to sell.
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This first section is easy, but the tricky part starts here.
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There are going to be some tricky cases.
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You know, you put me in a pretty tricky situation.
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Now this is the tricky part.
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Making a circle in a square is tricky, but not impossible.
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See here, this is where it gets tricky.
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When observations are made months apart, it can be tricky to associate them with the same object.
Academic text (1996) -
Reading X-rays can be tricky.
Synonyms
∞
1.1
Needing a lot of effort and often strict or severe
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2.6
Hard to do or understand and needing a lot of effort
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5.4
Difficult to understand or deal with because it has many connected parts
386
2.1
Hard to control or deal with, often not willing to help
183
4.4
Hard to do and needing a lot of effort
133
5.6
Hard to deal with and often not clear
75
5.1
Very difficult to deal with or solve
49
3.9
Causing worry or annoyance and hard to deal with
9
6.4
Difficult to understand
7
8.1
Full of twists and turns, like a winding road or an argument
4
5.3
A situation or task that is hard to do
2
7.9
Hard to do because it has small, delicate parts
2
8.1
Hard to understand or deal with
1
8.6
Very difficult to solve, cleverly made to confuse people
1
8.1
Difficult to solve or understand, often about problems
1
5.1
Fairly difficult and needing some skill or care to do
Antonyms
Compounds
How Difficult
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Tricky comes from trick + -y, where trick means 'a clever or hidden move' like a magician's trick and -y means 'full of'. So something described as tricky is 'full of tricks' and needs care and skill because it hides problems.