Synonyms for trickily


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

Top 10 synonyms for trickily Other synonyms for the word trickily

Définition of trickily

Origin :
  • 1786, "characterized by tricks," from trick (n.) + -y (2). Meaning "deceptively difficult" is from 1868. Related: Trickily; trickiness. Earlier was tricksy (1590s).
  • As in shrewdly : adv astutely
Example sentences :
  • He felt offended, as if he had been trickily defeated in an argument.
  • Extract from : « Gargoyles » by Ben Hecht
  • Next to this motive principle is his desire to make money dishonestly, trickily, meanly, and shabbily.
  • Extract from : « Campfire and Battlefield » by Rossiter Johnson
  • 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 prayer was long, intolerably and trickily eloquent and rhetorical, very self-conscious.
  • Extract from : « A Tramp's Notebook » by Morley Roberts
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