trickiness

Definitions of trickiness
  1. noun
    the quality of requiring skill or caution
    “these puzzles are famous for their trickiness”
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    type of:
    complexity, complexness
    the quality of being intricate and compounded
  2. noun
    the quality of being a slippery rascal
    synonyms: rascality, shiftiness, slipperiness
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    type of:
    dishonesty
    the quality of being dishonest
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