trickish

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trickish
Adjective
  • As Halloween approaches, investors seem fearful that good credit performance may be more trick than treat.
    Telis Demos, WSJ, 21 Oct. 2022
  • If the high cost of it all is more trick than treat for you, here are several ways to turn your already smart home into a spook-tacularly genius haunted house.
    Jennifer Jolly, USA TODAY, 28 Oct. 2021
Adjective
  • The cost of living continues to increase for Americans at a time when the job market appears to be on shakier footing, creating a complicated economic problem that could be tricky to solve.
    Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Health insurance coverage could also prove tricky.
    Rob Stein, NPR, 11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Overpayments can occur for many reasons, the agency said, including incorrect wage reporting, failure to meet work requirements or providing false or misleading information.
    Adrienne Roberts, Freep.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • In court, government lawyers frequently made false or misleading claims about the men’s whereabouts.
    Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • And then there’s Morton, who entered the game against the ChiSox sitting at 199 – nine more than fearsome lefty Randy Johnson, 13 more than crafty knuckleballer Tim Wakefield and 29 more than award namesake Cy Young – thanks to four HBPs as a Tiger.
    Ryan Ford, Freep.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Soto has been crafty on the base paths, recording 29 steals on 32 attempts.
    Data Skrive, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Potential trouble arises when the wily victim of Danny’s, Pauline, starts snooping around the house, hears Danny’s voice and starts to bargain for her silence.
    Pete Hammond, Deadline, 6 Sep. 2025
  • But within that slightly eccentric look, Dano gives a wily and insinuating performance.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 31 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Bening will costar on the series as Beulah Jackson, who's described as the powerful, cunning, and charming head of a major ranch in Texas.
    Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Joan Silber is a contemporary genius at creating artful stories of a multitude of characters who ricochet in cunning ways, crossing generations and continents.
    Jane Ciabattari September 2, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • This meant that select watch faces, like Reflections, could update every second even in standby, meaning a sneaky glance down at your wrist during a dull meeting could tell you the time with to-the-second precision.
    David Phelan, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • If the Falcons can’t stop Baker Mayfield and play aggressively to keep pace, Penix could be sneaky.
    Jake Ciely, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • This planet is electric, unpredictable and genius with its approach, but its transits are anything but subtle.
    Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Even subtle light or noise can disrupt sleep cycles, preventing you from reaching the deeper, most restorative stages of sleep necessary for physical and mental recovery.
    Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
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“Trickish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trickish. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.

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