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Significados de dodgy em inglês

Marked by skill in deception.

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Of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk.

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Examples for "dicey"
Examples for "dicey"
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It seemed a mighty roundabout and dicey way to handle the problem.
Savage
2
Cold entrances are dicey when you're talking about a metahuman living situation.
Soon I will be invincible
3
Time to move this along or things were going to get dicey.
Deadly promises
4
Even with the addition of the print product, it's a dicey proposition.
Wired
5
It was the summer before that his memory got a bit dicey.
See Jane Score
1
Harper Jaccoud nodded, and she said, It'll be chancy, especially just now.
Dayworld Breakup
2
The first impression is of an art that is casual and chancy.
The Irish Times
3
The water might be a little chancy, once we hit the plains.
Lonesome dove
4
The Pole's position was chancy enough to satisfy even his melodramatic soul.
Vikings of the Pacific / The Adventures of the Explorers who Cam...
5
By its chancy light I saw an old man in a wheelchair.
11/22/63
1
None the less, his brain was busy with the chanceful possibilities.
The Price
2
But was it altogether chanceful?
In a Hollow of the Hills

Of dubious, doubtful or uncertain legitimacy, legality or authenticity.

Uso de dodgy em inglês
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When will banks learn that dodgy tax practices actually cost them dear?
The Guardian
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The Free State is a flipping dodgy place to do business, folks.
The South African
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However, those sweets have plenty of dodgy E numbers, environmental and economic.
The Irish Times
4
The same link on the dodgy website doesn't offer as much help.
News.com.au
5
I'm happy you know your people have dodgy, illegal and stole money.
The South African
6
South Africa's Richard Murray ended in fourth place after a dodgy swim.
The South African
7
Insinuations without evidence neatly fuel the narrative that Mrs Clinton is dodgy.
Radio NZ
8
It must be well researched - no more dodgy dossiers, thank you.
The Guardian
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The source went on: He surrounds himself with these incredibly dodgy people.
News.com.au
10
Well, the Steinhoff saga has left him looking all kinds of dodgy.
The South African
11
The value of the dodgy deals is estimated to be worth R745-million.
The South African
12
So, yes, he had found it after a dodgy start Down Under.
Radio NZ
13
It's shouty garage-punk with a dodgy surf quality to the title tune.
The Guardian
14
I suspected he knew all about Perry's dodgy academic past as well.
Past malice: an emma fielding mystery
15
Wehrlein was very dodgy, closing the door and changing direction many times.
Reuters
16
Both sides will, however, reflect on a dodgy defensive showing in Ekaterinburg.
The South African
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