shiftiness
IPA: ʃˈɪftinʌs
noun
- (uncountable) The property of being shifty.
- (countable, rare) The result or product of being shifty.
Advertisement
Examples of "shiftiness" in Sentences
- The want of "shiftiness" is a national characteristic.
- If I had to put it into a word, Id go with "shiftiness".
- The present shiftiness, circumlocution and evasion is doing the party nothing but harm.
- An Edmonton, Alberta native, Comrie's scoring ability and just plain shiftiness has been well documented.
- But he also displayed the shiftiness that had USC people comparing him to Reggie Bush, his immediate predecessor at that program.
- It is true that he has a certain rapidity, which somebody calls "shiftiness," of resolution and of performance, which gets him out of his scrapes as rapidly as he gets in.
- "shiftiness" of the eye which was far from inspiring confidence, and with a trick of the tongue which suggested that his baptismal certificate probably bore the name of Anthony Martin.
- Then there was some more shiftiness over whether he'll release his tax returns – and Romney got away with a non-answer that basically said he'd think about doing it if he was the nominee.
Advertisement
Advertisement