tricksy

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

tricksy
    adj 1: marked by skill in deception; "cunning men often pass for
           wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme"; "a
           slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dick"; "a
           wily old attorney" [syn: {crafty}, {cunning}, {dodgy},
           {foxy}, {guileful}, {knavish}, {slick}, {sly}, {tricksy},
           {tricky}, {wily}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Tricksy \Trick"sy\, a. [From {Trick}.]
   Exhibiting artfulness; trickish. "My tricksy spirit!" --Shak.
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         he tricksy policy which in the seventeenth century
         passed for state wisdom.                 --Coleridge.
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