trickier; trickiest
1
: inclined to or marked by trickery
2
a
: giving a deceptive impression of easiness, simplicity, or order : ticklish
a tricky path through the swamp
b
Examples of tricky in a Sentence
The lock is tricky to open.
a tricky musical passage for the woodwind section
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Jillian Pretzel, Parents, 30 July 2025
The first part is extra tricky because this is a year with two off weeks per team, so not many will be playing straight through for the first six weeks.
—Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 30 July 2025
But achieving the right balance of light can be tricky.
—Simon Hill, Wired News, 29 July 2025
But achieving that independence is tricky, as was clear from several of the sessions at Brainstorm AI.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 29 July 2025
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“Tricky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tricky. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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