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dodgy

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dodgy in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk
    "an extremely dicey future on a brave new world of liquid nitrogen, tar, and smog"- New Yorker
    chancy  chanceful  dicey  dodgy 
  2. marked by skill in deception
    "cunning men often pass for wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme"; "a slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dick"; "a wily old attorney"
    crafty  cunning  dodgy  foxy  guileful  knavish  slick  sly  tricksy  tricky  wily 
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dodgy in English Wiktionary

 
  1. (adjective) evasive and shifty
  2. (adjective) unsound and unreliable
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