different between tricky vs cleverly

English

From trick +? -y.

tricky (comparative trickier, superlative trickiest)

hard to deal with, complicated
They were in a tricky situation.
adept at using deception
A tricky salesman can sell anything.
(colloquial, slang) Relating to or associated with a prostitution trick
I don't want any of your tricky money, thank you!

From clever +? -ly.

cleverly (comparative more cleverly, superlative most cleverly)

Wittily; in a tricky manner.
He joked cleverly with each guest.
Intelligently directed to a purpose.
Cleverly, he found ways of ingratiating himself with all the important guests.
(now US dialect) Completely, fully.
- 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska 2005, p. 6:
  “I ain't a-goin' ter let leetle Mose be kep' up hyar till midnight a-waitin' for you-uns ter milk the cow. It's cleverly dark now.”

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