tricksy
Playfully deceptive, sneaky
Tricksy means playfully mischievous or cunningly deceptive.
The word has an archaic, fairy-tale quality—Gollum in Tolkien calls hobbits tricksy.
It can describe someone cleverly elusive or something deceptively complex: a tricksy plot twist.
More whimsical than tricky, it suggests cunning with a touch of magic or malice.
Cleverly deceptive
- wilySkilled at deception
- slyCleverly deceptive
- deviousUnderhanded and calculating
- schemingCrafty and calculating
artful · guileful · shrewd · calculating · conniving · manipulative · foxy · canny
Playfully causing trouble
- impishPlayfully mischievous in manner
- roguishMischievously charming
- prankishFond of tricks
- cheekyPlayfully disrespectful
waggish · elfin · puckish · teasing · whimsical · frolicsome · sportive · jocular
Inclined to mislead others
- misleadingCausing false beliefs
- duplicitousDeliberately deceptive in nature
- treacherousDisloyal and dangerous
- falseNot matching reality
dishonest · dissembling · beguiling · fraudulent · untruthful · two-faced · dissimulating · perfidious
crafty
Cleverly deceptive
scheming · artful · guileful · shrewd · calculating · conniving · manipulative · foxy · canny · slick
mischievous
Playfully causing trouble
cheeky · waggish · elfin · puckish · teasing · whimsical · frolicsome · sportive · jocular · lighthearted
deceitful
Inclined to mislead others
- misleadingCausing false beliefs
- duplicitousDeliberately deceptive in nature
- treacherousDisloyal and dangerous
false · dishonest · dissembling · beguiling · fraudulent · untruthful · two-faced · dissimulating · perfidious · specious
Gollum
ruse
Deliberate act of deception
wile · artifice · subterfuge · scheme · dodge · contrivance · stratagem · maneuver · tactic · chicanery
tricksysimple
Free of complexity
easy · straightforward · uncomplicated · manageable · undemanding
- trick or treatHalloween door-to-door phrase
- magic trickPerformed feat seeming impossible
- do the trickAchieve the desired result
- trick questionDeliberately misleading inquiry
- confidence trickFraud exploiting victim's trust
- hat trickThree scores, one game
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