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    shifty
    /ˈʃɪfti/

    adjective

    • 1. (of a person or their manner) appearing deceitful or evasive: "he had a shifty look about him"
    • 2. constantly changing; shifting: "it was a close race in a shifty wind on smooth water"

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  2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › shiftyShifty Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of SHIFTY is full of or ready with expedients : resourceful. How to use shifty in a sentence.

  3. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionarySHIFTY | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    adjective. us / ˈʃɪf.ti / uk / ˈʃɪf.ti / Add to word list. looking or seeming dishonest: He has shifty eyes. There's a couple of shifty - looking people standing on the street corner. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Dishonest. artificiality. bad faith. be rotten to the core idiom. bent. cowboy. dubiously. false. finagle. fishy.

  4. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishSHIFTY definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    3 meanings: 1. given to evasions; artful 2. furtive in character or appearance 3. full of expedients; resourceful.... Click for more definitions.

  5. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › shiftyShifty - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com

    To be shifty is to be sneaky and devious. Shifty behavior is untrustworthy. Sometimes people shift around when they're nervous. That can help you remember the meaning of shifty, which describes someone who may not be literally shifting around, but they’re acting in a way that makes you think they're up to no good. Lying is shifty behavior.

  6. www.dictionary.com › browse › shiftySHIFTY Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com

    Shifty definition: resourceful; fertile in expedients.. See examples of SHIFTY used in a sentence.

  7. www.merriam-webster.com › thesaurus › shiftySHIFTY Synonyms: 84 Similar and Opposite Words - Merriam-Webster

    Synonyms for SHIFTY: shady, sneaky, slippery, sly, furtive, stealthy, crooked, dark; Antonyms of SHIFTY: straightforward, forthright, direct, open, plain, frank, candid, plainspoken.

  8. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishMeaning of shifty – Learner’s Dictionary - Cambridge Dictionary

    Someone who looks shifty looks dishonest. (Definition of shifty from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of shifty

  9. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishshifty adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

    Definition of shifty adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  10. www.ldoceonline.com › dictionary › shiftyshifty | meaning of shifty in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary...

    shifty. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English shift‧y /ˈʃɪfti/ adjective informal looking dishonest He looks a bit shifty to me. shifty eyes —shiftily adverb Examples from the Corpus shifty • She regarded him suspiciously, but couldn't find anything shifty about him. • There's something shifty about that guy.

  11. www.britannica.com › dictionary › shiftyShifty Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary

    SHIFTY meaning: 1 : having an appearance or way of behaving that seems dishonest; 2 : difficult to catch able to move and change directions quickly