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

With this kind of film, the use of space and the trickiness of using the space actually matters.

From Salon • Sep. 15, 2021

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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