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Mischievous
Answer for the clue "Mischievous ", 7 letters:
tricksy
Word definitions for tricksy in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tricksy \Trick"sy\, a. [From Trick .] Exhibiting artfulness; trickish. ``My tricksy spirit!'' --Shak. he tricksy policy which in the seventeenth century passed for state wisdom. --Coleridge.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. 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" [syn: crafty , cunning , dodgy , foxy , guileful , knavish ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Inclined to trickery; sneaky, devious.
Usage examples of tricksy.
Or tricksy spirits sent by the Breakers to lure him and lull him into failure.
G ood Luck, she is never a lady, But the cursedest quean alive, Tricksy, wincing, and jady -Kittle to lead or drive.
Fafhrd loved me the more, but the Mouser was tricksier and measured his drinks more carefully—and mine.
Ay, I was naught but a stripling then, and the mare the tricksiest piece—well, to think you’d remember!