Antonyms for trickiness


Grammar : Noun
Spell : trik-ee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtrɪk i


Definition of trickiness

Origin :
  • 1786, "characterized by tricks," from trick (n.) + -y (2). Meaning "deceptively difficult" is from 1868. Related: Trickily; trickiness. Earlier was tricksy (1590s).
  • noun indirection
Example sentences :
  • We can't prove she showed any trickiness in having you for a cousin.
  • Extract from : « Alice Adams » by Booth Tarkington
  • He called upon all his shrewdness, all his trickiness of the South.
  • Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
  • The keenest Yankee that ever skinned a flint, cannot approach him in trickiness.
  • Extract from : « The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 1, July, 1863 » by Various
  • He abhorred ostentatious display and trickiness in a teacher.
  • Extract from : « Heroes of Science » by M. M. Pattison Muir
  • Avoid also any appearance of trickiness or sharp practice, stories of shrewd bargains, etc.
  • Extract from : « The Psychology of Salesmanship » by William Walker Atkinson
  • Fought for it fairly when fairness served best, and trickily when trickiness seemed more profitable.
  • Extract from : « Ainslee's magazine, Volume 16, No. 3, October, 1905 » by Various
  • The girl showed great powers of duplicity, all the trickiness of a parvenue, to be quite frank.
  • Extract from : « Clark's Field » by Robert Herrick
  • A second objection to Hobbema's method may be mentioned besides its "trickiness."
  • Extract from : « A Popular Handbook to the National Gallery, Volume I, Foreign Schools » by Various
  • The church is "gingerly handled," but the clergy are derided for immorality, hypocrisy, and trickiness.
  • Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner
  • Discernment, in undergoing this degradation, becomes the trickiness which seeks to equal it, without succeeding in doing so.
  • Extract from : « Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 4 » by Plotinos (Plotinus)

Synonyms for trickiness

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