adj. 25B6; adjective
a tricky situation : DIFFICULT, awkward, problematic, delicate, ticklish, sensitive, embarrassing, touchy; risky, uncertain, precarious, touch-and-go; thorny, knotty; informal sticky, dicey; N. Amer. informal gnarly.
a tricky and unscrupulous politician : CUNNING, crafty, wily, guileful, artful, devious, sly, scheming, calculating, designing, sharp, shrewd, astute, canny; duplicitous, dishonest, deceitful; informal foxy.
straightforward, honest.