shifty
IPA: ʃˈɪfti
adjective
- Subject to frequent changes in direction.
- (of a person's eyes) Moving from one object to another; not looking directly and steadily at the person with whom one is speaking.
- Having the appearance of being dishonest, criminal, or unreliable.
- Resourceful; full of, or ready with, shifts or expedients.
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Examples of "shifty" in Sentences
- The police noticed that he is shifty.
- Why do people think that he is shifty
- He believes himself be honesty, not shifty.
- I would agree that the prose is a bit shifty.
- Deleting this kind of report just looks shifty.
- They're shifty and I wouldn't want to live near 'em.
- I have the impression the goalposts are a bit shifty today.
- In this bout Sharkey manhandled the shifty and elusive Corbett.
- If I said he was shifty and dishonest that is a personal attack.
- Sailing is challenging on the lake due to the shifty and gusty winds.