n. The quality or state of being tricksy; trickiness. G. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who tricks; a deceiver; a tricker; a cheat. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ From Trick. ] Exhibiting artfulness; trickish. “My tricksy spirit!” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
he tricksy policy which in the seventeenth century passed for state wisdom. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]