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    DODGY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

    Irregular inflected forms: dodgier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, dodgiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

     I. (adjective) 

    Comparative and superlative

    Comparative: dodgier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Superlative: dodgiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Marked by skill in deceptionplay

    Example:

    a wily old attorney

    Synonyms:

    crafty; cunning; dodgy; foxy; guileful; knavish; slick; sly; tricksy; tricky; wily

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    artful (marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft)

    Derivation:

    dodge (an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with riskplay

    Example:

    an extremely dicey future on a brave new world of liquid nitrogen, tar, and smog

    Synonyms:

    chanceful; chancy; dicey; dodgy

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    dangerous; unsafe (involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm)

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