Dicey

/ˈdaɪsi/ · adjective

Meaning

Fraught with danger..

Definitions by Sense

1. Fraught with danger.
2. Of uncertain, risky outcome.
3. Of doubtful or uncertain efficacy, provenance, etc.; dodgy.

Example Sentences

This was a dicey stratagem because all too often the support Britain rendered played into Zanu-PF's anti-colonial constructions.

Devouring the flesh of animals killed on roadways can be a bit dicey.

For sure, the economic and fiscal prospects for an independent Scotland look a lot dicier than they did three years ago.

As if I'm not a bit past that, Clem thought, as if with his dicey ticker and all he shouldn′t be taking life pretty quietly, instead of waking with the old memoroes disturbing him.

If you were in the business of selling dicey meat, the invention of the telephone rocked your world.

Some more birds were scared off by the dicey smell. The man was dying gradually.

But on abortion, one of his diciest issues, his repeated commitment to follow Trump's lead seemed to satisfy ardent anti-abortion members, although several Democrats did their best to remind those colleagues that Kennedy's personal values have been in stark contrast with their own.

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• dicier
• diciest
• dicy

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