tricky

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The mazes can get a touch tricky, which is why you have to deal with a little item management, such as a key that lets you open doors and a movable bridge that allows you to cross walls.

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  1. adjective Given to or characterized by trickery.
  2. adjective Requiring caution or skill: a tricky recipe.

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  • One of the tricky issues we had with the Giuliani administration was, I had forgotten how anti-graffiti he was. —  David Rockwell builds at Ground Zero
  • But finding things is tricky, and so you really want intelligence. —  Sergey Brin and Larry Page on Google
  • The mazes can get a touch tricky, which is why you have to deal with a little item management, such as a key that lets you open doors and a movable bridge that allows you to cross walls. —  IGN Complete
  • Some of the common ones can be a little tricky, as they are done when the action is going on around you. —  Latest from PALGN
  • What makes this game tricky are the controls, that are hard to master, but they are fair and concise, so mastering is possible. —  Processing Blogs
 

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risky ·  devious ·  difficult ·  confuse ·  sneaky ·  tough ·  clever ·  scary ·  treacherous ·  unpredictable ·  messy ·  intricate

Used in the same contextWord Family

tricky:   trickier ·  trickiest
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/ˈtrɪki/
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