tricky vs knavish

tricky and knavish both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
tricky	No	Yes	No	No
knavish	No	Yes	No	No

As adjectives, tricky and knavish are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of tricky include crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, slick, sly, tricksy, wily.

tricky (adjective)	knavish (adjective)
marked by skill in deception	marked by skill in deception
having concealed difficulty
not to be trusted