Synonyms for shifty
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : shif-tee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈʃɪf ti |
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Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for shifty
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