Adjective

(er)

hard to deal with, complicated

They were in a tricky situation.

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adept at using deception

A tricky salesman can sell anything.

Adjective

(er)

Fraught with danger.

Of uncertain, risky outcome.

* 2012 , Jonathan Deutsch, Natalya Murakhver (editors), They Eat That?: A Cultural Encyclopedia of Weird and Exotic Food from Around the World , page 161,

Devouring the flesh of animals killed on roadways can be a bit dicey .

Of doubtful or uncertain efficacy, provenance, etc.; dodgy.

* 1992 , Vincent O'Sullivan, The Witness Man'', in ''Palms and Minarets: Selected Stories , page 95,

As if I'm not a bit past that, Clem thought, as if with his dicey ticker and all he shouldn?t be taking life pretty quietly, instead of waking with the old memoroes disturbing him.

* 2011 , Jay Baer, Amber Naslund, The NOW Revolution: 7 Shifts to Make Your Business Faster, Smarter and More Social , page xv,

If you were in the business of selling dicey meat, the invention of the telephone rocked your world.

(slang) Nauseating, rank.

* 2011 , Keemholems Ojei, The Narcodollar Chieftains: The Narcotics Godfathers , page 101,

Some more birds were scared off by the dicey smell. The man was dying gradually.