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shifty

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Synonyms: shift, shitty, shifts, shirty, shinty, swifty, shufty, snifty, shafty

Antonyms: shift, shitty, shifts, shirty, shinty, swifty, shufty, snifty, shafty

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Adjective

  1. Subject to [[frequent]] [[change]]s in [[direction]].
  2. {{lb|en|of a person's eyes}} [[move|Moving]] from one object to another; not [[look]]ing [[directly]] and [[steadily]] at the person with whom one is [[speak]]ing.
  3. {{lb|en|informal|idiomatic}} Having the [[appearance]] of being [[dishonest]], [[criminal]]{{,}} or [[unreliable]].
  4. {{cap|resourceful}}; full of, or ready with, [[shift]]s or [[expedient]]s.<ref>{{w|Thomas Wright (antiquarian)|Thomas Wright}}, ''Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English'', London: Henry G. Bohn, Volume 2, p.{{nbsp}}848: “Cunning; artful” (''{{w|Craven}} [Yorkshire]'').<sup>[https://archive.org/details/dictionaryobsol03wriggoog]</sup></ref>

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