Plain and Tricky

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Plain

Plain adjective - Free from all additions or embellishment.
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Tricky is an antonym for plain.
Nearby Words: plainly, plainness, plaint

Tricky

Tricky adjective - Clever at attaining one's ends by indirect and often deceptive means.
Usage example: he's a tricky one, so be careful when dealing with him
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Plain is an antonym for tricky.
Nearby Words: trick, trickery, tricked, tricking
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  • Video Game / Spiral Knights Especially tricky is that most of them tend to attack from offscreen, or just plain encircle you.
    Source: Video Game / Spiral Knights
  • Videogame / Super Mario 64 Because a few of the game's stars are tricky or just plain cryptic to find, the game allows you beat it with just 70 minimum, with the other 50 being completely optional.
    Source: Videogame / Super Mario 64
  • Series / The Amazing Race Hidden in Plain Sight: The first clue in Taiwan is one of the most notoriously tricky in the series.
    Source: Series / The Amazing Race
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