Definitions for tricksy

tricksy trick·sy

Spelling: [trik-see]
IPA: /ˈtrɪk si/

Tricksy is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 131 anagrams from letters in tricksy (cikrsty).

Definitions for tricksy

adjective

  1. Also, tricksome. given to tricks; mischievous; playful; prankish.
  2. difficult to handle or deal with.
  3. Archaic. tricky; crafty; wily.
  4. Archaic. fashionably trim; spruce; smart.

Origin of tricksy

1545-55; trick + -s3 + -y1; cf. -sy

Examples for tricksy

In childhood and boyhood this "palace" was inhabited by a tricksy sprite.

tricksy outriggers, ready to upset on narrow keel, were held firmly for the sculler to step daintily into his place.

The answering melody, with more of sentiment, though always in graceful swing with tricksy attendant figures, has a longer song.

But for him Ayala would run about as though she were a tricksy Ariel.

Art is a tricksy quantity and like quicksilver is ever mobile.

Was it the tricksy play of the moon among the clouds, or did a shade of disappointment flit across her face?

I've heard tell of them all my life, I know, and of their tricksy ways.

I don't mind the ghost Pegler fancies she saw—but, good heavens, the place now seems full of tricksy spirits!

Still the beaver fair was enlivened by music and tricksy gambols.

The king is only, or he appears, tricksy because you compel him to wind and counterplot.

Word Value for tricksy
Scrable

16

Words with friends

16

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