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Tricky vs. Cunning

Tricky and Cunning Definitions

Tricky

Given to or characterized by trickery.

Cunning

Marked by or given to artful subtlety and deceptiveness.

Tricky

Requiring caution or skill
A tricky recipe.

Cunning

Executed with or exhibiting ingenuity.

Tricky

Hard to deal with, complicated
They were in a tricky situation.

Cunning

Delicately pleasing; pretty or cute
A cunning pet.
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Tricky

Adept at using deception
A tricky salesman can sell anything.

Cunning

Skill in deception; guile.

Tricky

Relating to or associated with a prostitution trick
I don't want any of your tricky money, thank you!

Cunning

Skill or adeptness in execution or performance; dexterity.

Tricky

Given to tricks; practicing deception; trickish; knavish.

Cunning

Sly; crafty; clever in surreptitious behaviour.
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Tricky

Not to be trusted;
How extraordinarily slippery a liar the camera is
They called Reagan the teflon president because mud never stuck to him

Cunning

(obsolete) Skillful, artful.

Tricky

Having concealed difficulty;
A catchy question
A tricky recipe to follow

Cunning

(obsolete) Wrought with, or exhibiting, skill or ingenuity; ingenious.
Cunning work

Tricky

Marked by skill in deception;
Cunning men often pass for wise
Deep political machinations
A foxy scheme
A slick evasive answer
Sly as a fox
Tricky Dik
A wily old attorney

Cunning

Cute, appealing.
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Cunning

Practical knowledge or experience; aptitude in performance; skill, proficiency; dexterity.

Cunning

Practical skill employed in a secret or crafty manner; craft; artifice; skillful deceit; art or magic.

Cunning

The disposition to employ one's skill in an artful manner; craftiness; guile; artifice; skill of being cunning, sly, conniving, or deceitful.

Cunning

The natural wit or instincts of an animal.
The cunning of the fox or hare

Cunning

(obsolete) Knowledge; learning; special knowledge (sometimes implying occult or magical knowledge).

Cunning

Knowing; skillful; dexterous.
"Tis beauty truly blent, whose red and whiteNature's own sweet and cunning hand laid on.
Esau was a cunning hunter.

Cunning

Wrought with, or exhibiting, skill or ingenuity; ingenious; curious; as, cunning work.
Over them Arachne high did lift

Cunning

Crafty; sly; artful; designing; deceitful.
They are resolved to be cunning; let others run the hazard of being sincere.

Cunning

Pretty or pleasing; as, a cunning little boy.

Cunning

Knowledge; art; skill; dexterity.
Let my right hand forget her cunning.
A carpenter's desertStands more in cunning than in power.

Cunning

The faculty or act of using stratagem to accomplish a purpose; fraudulent skill or dexterity; deceit; craft.
Discourage cunning in a child; cunning is the ape of wisdom.
We take cunning for a sinister or crooked wisdom.

Cunning

Shrewdness in deception;
As cunning as a fox

Cunning

Shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception

Cunning

Drafty artfulness (especially in deception)

Cunning

Attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness;
A cute kid with pigtails
A cute little apartment
Cunning kittens
A cunning baby

Cunning

Marked by skill in deception;
Cunning men often pass for wise
Deep political machinations
A foxy scheme
A slick evasive answer
Sly as a fox
Tricky Dik
A wily old attorney

Cunning

Showing inventiveness and skill;
A clever gadget
The cunning maneuvers leading to his success
An ingenious solution to the problem

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