"tricksy" is a valid word used in written English.
It is an adjective that usually describes someone who is crafty or mischievous. For example: "The goblins of Middle Earth were known to be tricksy creatures".
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Unsuccessful contestants are then forced to exit by attempting to lift the notoriously tricksy, rust-riddled garage door, while successful candidates are allowed to exit using the side door and taken directly on to the O2 Arena stage where they'll perform again in front of thousands of hysterical fans.
It is the most rhythmically tricksy number in their ever-growing catalogue and is definitely the direction to pursue, if you're reading this, Mr Reid and Ms Francis.
A small, round figure with a shy smile and a deceiving air of vagueness, carrying her camera in a wicker basket; the least tricksy and most mysterious of photographers, the most singular and haunting.
Soderbergh came up, went mainstream, went tricksy, dropped out.
What if the slippery Mr Obama, his head brimming with arcane incumbent's knowledge about Pakistan and other tricksy stuff, runs circles around the tongue-tied Texan?
If he became Conservative leader, he could offer a safe pair of hands for voters to turn to if they tire of Tony Blair's tricksy ways and Labour's unfulfilled promises on public services.
A Canadian, Atom Egoyan, contributed "Felicia's Journey", a compelling study of a serial killer; while out of competition there were Jon Amiel's tricksy thriller "Entrapment" with Sean Connery as an ageing burglar, and Steven Soderbergh's "The Limey" with Terence Stamp as an ageing avenger.
Intended to seem jolly and optimistic, the clip is instead reminiscent of those tricksy interviews in which the cameras keep rolling just long enough to catch some private embarrassment a shifty sideways glance or wiped-away tear.
Western multinationals feel obliged to have a presence in China, and since the country is as tricksy as it is potentially lucrative, they often send their most capable staff there.
But even the facts that are not in dispute should have been more than enough to bring Mr Byers's tricksy career to an end.
