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shiftily — shifty ► ADJECTIVE (shiftier, shiftiest) informal ▪ deceitful or evasive. DERIVATIVES shiftily adverb shiftiness noun … English terms dictionary
shiftily — adverb in a shifty manner he looked at his new customer shiftily • Derived from adjective: ↑shifty … Useful english dictionary
shiftily — adverb see shifty … New Collegiate Dictionary
shiftily — See shifty. * * * … Universalium
shiftily — adv. craftily, deceptively, trickily, evasively … English contemporary dictionary
shiftily — shift·i·ly … English syllables
shifty — shiftily, adv. shiftiness, n. /shif tee/, adj., shiftier, shiftiest. 1. resourceful; fertile in expedients. 2. given to or full of evasions; tricky. 3. suggesting a deceptive or evasive character: a shifty look. [1560 70; SHIFT + Y1] Syn. 2 … Universalium
shifty — adjective (shiftier; est) Date: circa 1570 1. full of or ready with expedients ; resourceful 2. a. given to deception, evasion, or fraud ; tricky b. capable of evasive movement ; elusive < a shif … New Collegiate Dictionary
weasel — I. noun (plural weasels) Etymology: Middle English wesele, from Old English weosule; akin to Old High German wisula weasel Date: before 12th century 1. or plural weasel any of various small slender active carnivorous mammals (genus Mustela of the … New Collegiate Dictionary
shiftiness — See shiftily. * * * … Universalium
