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trickish

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trickish
Adjective
  • My idea was not to get too trick-sy with it, to keep it at a fairly simple visual level.
    Corey S Powell, Discover Magazine, 5 Nov. 2014
  • As Halloween approaches, investors seem fearful that good credit performance may be more trick than treat.
    Telis Demos, WSJ, 21 Oct. 2022
Adjective
  • Maintaining authenticity is tricky when consumers are highly skeptical of marketing claims.
    Max Avery, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
  • As for the arms backing up Vásquez in the bullpen, that’s a bit trickier as Robert Suarez, Jason Adam and Jeremiah Estrada have all thrown in the first two games.
    Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • And so their crafty new attacks send out links that direct to legitimate websites from a PC but to dangerous websites from a phone.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
  • The crafty right-hander played for Boston in 2021 and was excellent for much of the campaign -- 3.46 ERA and 56 strikeouts in 52 innings through August -- before fading down the stretch as a heavy workload caught up to him.
    Dakota Randall, Newsweek, 18 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Meanwhile, wily creators like Chaudhari will continue to stand on the shoulders of filmmakers like James Gunn and get billions of views by playing with AI immitations of their characters.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Greg Hunt, the wily suitor of the late Tanya McQuoid.
    Dan Heching, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Unlike Mitch McConnell, the taciturn and cunning leader at the time, Thune genuinely tried to answer questions.
    David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
  • But what Neil is accused of is something well beyond cunning or perfidy or faithlessness, well beyond questionable morality.
    Mikal Gilmore, Rolling Stone, 16 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Rag & Bone Miramar Refine Knit McKenna Shorts, $134 with code Your jeans collection isn’t the only section of your wardrobe that can benefit from Rag & Bone’s Miramar offerings: The brand offers sneaky sweatpant shorts, too.
    Averi Baudler, People.com, 4 Apr. 2025
  • That includes a starring role alongside Bruce Willis in the time-travel actioner Looper (2012), a sneaky voice cameo in Glass Onion (2022), and the lead in an episode of Johnson’s murder mystery series Poker Face (2023).
    Danny Horn, EW.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Look closely, and like Castillo’s U.S. passport, the CARICOM passport holds subtle clues.
    R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
  • The Pre Wash Scalp Oil is also infused with amber, cashmere musk, lemon and mandarin leaving a subtle fragrance that’s equal parts cozy and sparkling.
    Bianca Salonga, Forbes, 26 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • However, when adjusted for inflation, real prices in Turkey have dropped by 10.4 percent, illustrating how price growth can be deceptive without factoring in inflation.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 4 Apr. 2025
  • Had these assessments been conducted, issues like algorithmic bias, content manipulation and deceptive AI practices would have been flagged before litigators intervened.
    Patrick Sullivan, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
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“Trickish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trickish. Accessed 8 Apr. 2025.

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