shifty
[shif-tee]
adjective, shift·i·er, shift·i·est.
resourceful; fertile in expedients.
given to or full of evasions; tricky.
suggesting a deceptive or evasive character: a shifty look.
Origin of shifty
Synonyms for shifty
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tricky, wily, sneaky, shrewd, slippery, cagey, crafty, collusive, crooked, cunning, devious, dishonest, duplicitous, elusive, evasive, fly-by-night, foxy, fraudulent, furtive, insidiousExamples from the Web for shifty
Contemporary Examples of shifty
Through some shifty maneuvering, I cut the line and managed to be one of the first ones in.
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January 13, 2014
Whether you like or loathe the AMC mystery, you love Holder, the shifty cop played by Joel Kinnaman.
Historical Examples of shifty
The shifty, ungenerous spirit of compromise awoke in Raymount.
Weighed and WantingGeorge MacDonald
Eccles faced him unwillingly, with a stolid front but shifty eyes.
The Black BagLouis Joseph Vance
He gave an impression of dry dinginess, like rawhide, and his eyes were mean and shifty.
Louisiana LouWilliam West Winter
He stared at her fixedly, his shifty eyes for once held steady.
Louisiana LouWilliam West Winter
“I am that,” exclaimed the other, with a gleam of cupidity in his shifty eyes.
The Golden WomanRidgwell Cullum
shifty
adjective shiftier or shiftiest
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