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| cunning |
skill used in a sly or tricky way. [1/2 definitions] |
| riddle1 |
a puzzling, tricky, and often funny question asked as a game or as a test of one's thinking skills. [1/2 definitions] |
| tricky |
If something is tricky, it's difficult in a certain way and takes a special skill or technique to do it or to solve it. Usually, you have to be careful or cautious when you do something that is tricky. Sometimes it doesn't let you make any mistakes when you try to do it. [2 definitions] |
| worm |
to get by tricky means (usually followed by "out"). [2/7 definitions] |
| wriggle |
to get oneself out of or into by tricky means (usually followed by "into" or "out of"). [1/3 definitions] |
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