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TRICKINESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does trickiness mean?
• TRICKINESS (noun)
The noun TRICKINESS has 2 senses:
1. the quality of being a slippery rascal
2. the quality of requiring skill or caution
Familiarity information: TRICKINESS used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of being a slippery rascal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
rascality; shiftiness; slipperiness; trickiness
Hypernyms ("trickiness" is a kind of...):
dishonesty (the quality of being dishonest)
Derivation:
tricky (marked by skill in deception)
tricky (not to be trusted)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The quality of requiring skill or caution
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Context example:
these puzzles are famous for their trickiness
Hypernyms ("trickiness" is a kind of...):
complexity; complexness (the quality of being intricate and compounded)
Derivation:
tricky (having concealed difficulty)
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