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Antonyms for shifty

Grammar : Adj
Spell : shif-tee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈʃɪf ti

Definition of shifty

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.
  • adj deceitful, untrustworthy
Example sentences :
  • The shifty, ungenerous spirit of compromise awoke in Raymount.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • Eccles faced him unwillingly, with a stolid front but shifty eyes.
  • Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • He gave an impression of dry dinginess, like rawhide, and his eyes were mean and shifty.
  • Extract from : « Louisiana Lou » by William West Winter
  • He stared at her fixedly, his shifty eyes for once held steady.
  • Extract from : « Louisiana Lou » by William West Winter
  • “I am that,” exclaimed the other, with a gleam of cupidity in his shifty eyes.
  • Extract from : « The Golden Woman » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • Most teachers know better, but let the shifty and dull pass by.
  • Extract from : « College Teaching » by Paul Klapper
  • Conboy looked at him with quick flashing of his shifty eyes.
  • Extract from : « Trail's End » by George W. Ogden
  • He's all right in his way, but he's as shifty as a jumpin' bean.
  • Extract from : « Torchy and Vee » by Sewell Ford
  • Ransome apologized, and beckoning a constable, handed him the Shifty.
  • Extract from : « Put Yourself in His Place » by Charles Reade
  • He looked so shifty when he said it that I had my suspicions at once.
  • Extract from : « The New Girl at St. Chad's » by Angela Brazil

Synonyms for shifty

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