List of antonyms from "sheer" to antonyms from "shimmering"


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Definition of the day : « shiftiness »

  • noun indirection
  • noun deceit
Example sentences :
  • 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