Antonyms for trickery


Grammar : Noun
Spell : trik-uh-ree
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtrɪk ə ri


Definition of trickery

Origin :
  • 1800, from trick (v.) + -ery.
  • noun deception, joke
Example sentences :
  • How he had stooped to trickery and had stolen the gold with which to pay for Valhalla.
  • Extract from : « Opera Stories from Wagner » by Florence Akin
  • It was a very effective finale, but still Amelia suspected no trickery.
  • Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
  • Thus it seemed to him anything but intelligent to believe in trickery.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • He became cunning; he had idle time in which to devote himself to thoughts of trickery.
  • Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
  • I am merely pointing out that it left open a way to trickery.
  • Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • She shrewdly suspected some "bit of trickery," as she phrased it.
  • Extract from : « The Fat and the Thin » by Emile Zola
  • They were there to best each other by any manner of trickery.
  • Extract from : « The Night Riders » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • The use of either instrument, when unaccompanied, leads to every sort of irregularity and trickery.
  • Extract from : « Laws » by Plato
  • The idea was a painful one to him; for if this were so, it was evident that trickery was practiced.
  • Extract from : « The Cat of Bubastes » by G. A. Henty
  • But you forget, Thunder-maker, that your trickery with the snakes helped them to that opinion.
  • Extract from : « The Fiery Totem » by Argyll Saxby

Synonyms for trickery

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