Meaning & use
Tricksy
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Playfully deceptive, cunning, or difficult to handle in a mischievous way.
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The tricksy fox led the hounds on a merry chase through the woods.
Gollum's tricksy riddles kept Bilbo on his guard.
A note on using this word
Once nearly obsolete, "tricksy" was revived in popular use largely through Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings," where Gollum uses it repeatedly.
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