tricky

adj., -i·er, -i·est.

1. Given to or characterized by trickery.
2. Requiring caution or skill: a tricky recipe.

trickily trick'i·ly adv.
trickiness trick'i·ness n.

adjective

1. Deceitfully clever: artful, crafty, cunning, foxy, guileful, scheming, sharp, sly, wily. See ability/inability, honest/dishonest, means.
2. Requiring great tact or skill: delicate, sensitive, ticklish, touch-and-go, touchy. See easy/hard.
3. Hard to deal with or get out of: rough, tight. Informal sticky. See easy/hard.

adj

Definition: complicated, difficult
Antonyms: easy, uncomplicated

adj

Definition: deceptive, sly
Antonyms: aboveboard, frank, honest

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The adjective has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: not to be trusted
  Synonym: slippery

Meaning #2: having concealed difficulty
  Synonym: catchy

Meaning #3: marked by skill in deception
  Synonyms: crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, wily

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - upålidelig, listig, drilagtig, indviklet, vanskelig

Nederlands (Dutch)
gecompliceerd, achterbaks

Français (French)
adj. - difficile, épineux, délicat, rusé, sournois, malin

Deutsch (German)
adj. - heikel, schlau, gerissen, heimtückisch

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - πονηρός, κατεργάρικος, έξυπνος, περίπλοκος, λεπτός, δύσκολος

Italiano (Italian)
scabroso, scaltro, sornione

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - complicado (m), astuto (m), manhoso (m)

Русский (Russian)
неоднозначный, коварный, проказливый, вредный, мудреный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - difícil, complicado, delicado, astuto, mañoso, hábil

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - bedräglig, listig, slug, slipad, kinkig, kvistig, knepig, krånglig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
狡猾的, 机警的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 狡猾的, 機警的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 간사한, 교활한, 교묘한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 狡猾な, ずるい, 言いのがれのうまい, 巧妙な, 手ぎわを要する, 手の込んだ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) دقيق متطلب براعه أو حذر, مخادع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮תחבלני, ערמומי, עדין, מסובך, מטעה, טומן קשיים‬

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