Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a tricky manner; trickishly.

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  • adverb In a tricky manner

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  • adverb in an artful manner

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Examples

  • His hand reached down -- only to feel -- but not so quickly as the white hand, which scooped up the coin trickily, with the skill of a prestidigitator.

    The Pagan Madonna Harold MacGrath 1901

  • As that benighted beauty, Alison Lohman plays her part straight and hard, never once cracking under the trickily toned narrative.

    Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat 2009

  • Though utterly gorgeous, Rwanda's scenery is perhaps a bit trickily deceptive, because the land is becoming fragile from over-use in this small and densely populated country.

    Amy Dawson: This Is Africa: A Rwandan Food Diary Amy Dawson 2011

  • Though utterly gorgeous, Rwanda's scenery is perhaps a bit trickily deceptive, because the land is becoming fragile from over-use in this small and densely populated country.

    Amy Dawson: This Is Africa: A Rwandan Food Diary Amy Dawson 2011

  • But it may be the first time in a long while that it's been done so boldly, so trickily, and with with such undisguised malice.

    The Yes Men: The Best Pranks of 2010 The Yes Men 2010

  • She opened the trickily hinged box and let me look inside.

    Bleeding Violet Dia Reeves 2010

  • But it may be the first time in a long while that it's been done so boldly, so trickily, and with with such undisguised malice.

    The Yes Men: The Best Pranks of 2010 2010

  • She opened the trickily hinged box and let me look inside.

    Bleeding Violet Dia Reeves 2010

  • Media commentator Adnan Rehmat agrees that the ready compliance by government with the court order is a case of taking into account varying degrees of the population's faith, while trickily balancing concerns about growing militancy and an Islamist insurgency in the north west of the country.

    Virginia M. Moncrieff: Fear and Loathing: Or Why Pakistan Banned The 21st Century 2010

  • But it may be the first time in a long while that it's been done so boldly, so trickily, and with with such undisguised malice.

    The Best Pranks of 2010 2010

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