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TRICKINESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of requiring skill or caution
Example:
these puzzles are famous for their trickiness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("trickiness" is a kind of...):
complexity; complexness (the quality of being intricate and compounded)
Derivation:
tricky (having concealed difficulty)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The quality of being a slippery rascal
Synonyms:
rascality; shiftiness; slipperiness; trickiness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("trickiness" is a kind of...):
dishonesty (the quality of being dishonest)
Derivation:
tricky (marked by skill in deception)
tricky (not to be trusted)
