Antonyms for shiftiness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : shif-tee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈʃɪf ti |
Definition of shiftiness
Origin :- 1560s, "able to manage for oneself, fertile in expedients," from shift (n.1) in secondary sense of "dodge, trick, artifice" + -y (2). Meaning "habitually using dishonest methods, characterized by trickery" first recorded 1837. In a sense "prone to shifting," of the wind, used from 1884. Related: Shiftily; shiftiness.
- noun indirection
- noun deceit
- His glance was roving, flashing here and there with a shiftiness and speed that bewildered.
- Extract from : « Good References » by E. J. Rath
- With all his shiftiness Erasmus would hardly have gone as far as that.
- Extract from : « Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam » by Ephraim Emerton
- This did not serve to remove the impression of shiftiness, for her answers were seldom to the point.
- Extract from : « She Stands Accused » by Victor MacClure
- Francis, as a boxer, excelled in what is known in pugilistic circles as shiftiness.
- Extract from : « The White Feather » by P. G. Wodehouse
- Everyone would make a "bull" but for the haze and the shiftiness of the wind.
- Extract from : « Mr. Punch on the Warpath » by Various
- But the most prominent characteristic of the young man was his shiftiness, in both the good and bad senses of the word.
- Extract from : « The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte » by William Milligan Sloane
- The Ithaca Captain was one of those powerful runners whose remarkable physique did not interfere with his shiftiness.
- Extract from : « Football Days » by William H. Edwards
- It is an admirable place to cure you of the great malady of the day—its shiftiness, its empty agitation.
- Extract from : « The Insect » by Jules Michelet
- There was no shiftiness in him, nor slyness: that would have been horrible, the sure indication of a beastly intrigue.
- Extract from : « Old Mole » by Gilbert Cannan
- His eyes lost their shiftiness—he seemed to forget the presence of the great man standing at the other side of the table.
- Extract from : « The Slave Of The Lamp » by Henry Seton Merriman
Synonyms for shiftiness
- ambidexterity
- ambidextrousness
- artifice
- bunk
- cheating
- chicane
- chicanery
- corruption
- cozening
- craft
- craftiness
- criminality
- crookedness
- cunning
- deceit
- deceitfulness
- deception
- defrauding
- deviousness
- dirty dealing
- dirty pool
- dishonesty
- dissemblance
- dissimulation
- double-dealing
- duplicity
- entrapping
- faithlessness
- falsehood
- falsity
- flimflam
- fourberie
- fraud
- fraudulence
- graft
- guile
- hanky-panky
- hocus-pocus
- hypocrisy
- imposition
- improbity
- infamy
- infidelity
- insidiousness
- mendacity
- overreaching
- perfidiousness
- perfidy
- pretense
- racket
- rascality
- shadiness
- sharp practice
- slyness
- smoke and mirrors
- sneakiness
- stealing
- swindle
- trapping
- treachery
- trickery
- trickiness
- two-facedness
- two-timing
- underhandedness
- unscrupulousness
- wiliness
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