1syllable
shifty
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Definitions ofshifty
1adjective
- Subject to frequent changes in direction.
- (of a person's eyes) Moving from one object to another, not looking directly and steadily at the person with whom one is speaking.
- Having the appearance of being dishonest, criminal or unreliable.
Example: "He was a shifty character in a seedy bar, and I checked my wallet was still there after talking to him."
- Resourceful; full of, or ready with, shifts or expedients.
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