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trickiness

NOUN

indirection

Synonyms

STRONG

artifice bunk cheating chicane chicanery corruption craft craftiness criminality crookedness cunning deceit deviousness dishonesty double-dealing duplicity faithlessness falsehood falsity flimflam fraud fraudulence graft guile hocus-pocus infamy infidelity insidiousness mendacity perfidiousness perfidy racket rascality shadiness shiftiness slyness sneakiness stealing swindle treachery trickery unscrupulousness wiliness

WEAK

fourberie hanky-panky improbity sharp practice underhandedness

Antonyms

STRONG

artlessness constancy fairness faithfulness fidelity forthrightness frankness goodness honesty honor innocence loyalty openness reality sincerity truth truthfulness

Example Sentences

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So that's the trickiness of these rules and something that we need to get to understand a way out of that.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

“Listen, this course has some trickiness to it,” Kuchar said.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 4, 2023

Thor’s sometimes rudderless evolution over the years speaks to the trickiness of a character that even the well-oiled Marvel machinery hasn’t always been able to crack.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 5, 2022

There's also trickiness of how to categorize Lambrusco, which straddles the historically strange bedfellows of red and sparkling all while fighting old stereotypes of how Lambrusco "must be sweet."

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2022

It was simply another case of the trickiness of adults where children were concerned.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou

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