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Get to know Tricksy better with 7 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like crafty or wily.

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Tricksy in a sentence

Tricksy meaning

Inclined to trickery; sneaky, devious.

Synonyms of Tricksy

crafty wily tricky sly slick knavish guileful foxy dodgy cunning artful

Related words

Other words often associated with Tricksy or its synonyms:

ingenious clever slippery catchy perverted dangerous satiny plausible disingenuous chancy glossy slippy

Using Tricksy

  • The main meaning on this page is: Inclined to trickery; sneaky, devious.
  • Useful related words include: crafty, wily, tricky, sly.
  • In the example corpus, tricksy often appears in combinations such as: would tricksy.

Context around Tricksy

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 19.1 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 2 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 5 statements, 2 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

achingly 1× late 1× played 1×

Often after:

move 1× games 1× devices 1× liz 1× pete 1×

Sentence patterns with Tricksy

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a late tricksy move only 1× coincidences and tricksy devices 1× he played tricksy games with 1× head achingly tricksy and uproariously 1× how would tricksy liz get 1× how would tricksy pete get 1× tricksy as all 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

how would tricksy 2× all his life 1× but despite his 1× daniel craig took 1× the show attempts 1× tricksy as all 1×

Common sentence endings:

and tricksy devices 1× christie style whodunit 1× deceptiveness of identity 1× in our country 1× still electrifying online 1×

Words around Tricksy

Just before it in the word index:

tricksters 11 trickster 50 tricksiness 3 trickshot 2 tricks 872 trickling 65

Just after it in the word index:

tricky 926 triclinic 4 triclinium 3 triclosan 7 trico 13 tricobalt 8

Similar in corpus frequency:

aab 13 aamer 13 aave 13 abdelmadjid 13 abdulkarim 13 abdulsalami 13

Corpus analysis for Tricksy

  • In this selection, "tricksy" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 19.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, achingly, late, played, move, games and devices stand out and add context to how "tricksy" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a late tricksy move only and coincidences and tricksy devices. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "tricksy" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with tricksy

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

How would “Tricksy Liz” get out of this one? (9 words)

How would “Tricksy Pete” get out of this one? (9 words)

Tricksy as all hell in the theatre, it’s still electrifying online. (12 words)

Longer example sentences

Daniel Craig took a break from all that licensed killing and Martini-guzzling to star as a dapper sleuth in this head-achingly tricksy and uproariously fun play on an Agatha Christie-style whodunit. (34 words)

The show attempts a late tricksy move, only to set up a blunt speech about how we’re socially straitjacketed and can’t speak freely about what’s going on in our country. (33 words)

But despite his skill and experience, this screenplay feels gimmicky and sophomoric in its reliance on outlandish coincidences and tricksy devices. (21 words)

Question examples

How would “Tricksy Liz” get out of this one? (9 words)

How would “Tricksy Pete” get out of this one? (9 words)

Example sentences (7)

Daniel Craig took a break from all that licensed killing and Martini-guzzling to star as a dapper sleuth in this head-achingly tricksy and uproariously fun play on an Agatha Christie-style whodunit.

The show attempts a late tricksy move, only to set up a blunt speech about how we’re socially straitjacketed and can’t speak freely about what’s going on in our country.

All his life he played tricksy games with philosophical problems such as the deceptiveness of identity.

Tricksy as all hell in the theatre, it’s still electrifying online.

But despite his skill and experience, this screenplay feels gimmicky and sophomoric in its reliance on outlandish coincidences and tricksy devices.

How would “Tricksy Liz” get out of this one?

How would “Tricksy Pete” get out of this one?

Common combinations with tricksy

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "tricksy" in a sentence?
An example: "Daniel Craig took a break from all that licensed killing and Martini-guzzling to star as a dapper sleuth in this head-achingly tricksy and uproariously fun play on an Agatha Christie-style whodunit." This page contains 7 example sentences with the word "tricksy" from authentic English texts.
What does "tricksy" mean?
Tricksy means: Inclined to trickery; sneaky, devious.
What are synonyms of "tricksy"?
Common synonyms of "tricksy" include: crafty, wily, tricky, sly, slick, knavish, guileful, foxy. Plus 3 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "tricksy" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 7 example sentences with "tricksy", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.