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SHIFTY (shiftier, shiftiest)

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• SHIFTY (adjective)
The adjective SHIFTY has 2 senses:

1. characterized by insincerity or deceit; evasive
2. changing position or direction

Familiarity information: SHIFTY used as an adjective is rare.

• SHIFTY (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Characterized by insincerity or deceit; evasive

Synonyms:

shifty; devious

Context examples:

a devious character / shifty eyes

Similar:

untrustworthy; untrusty (not worthy of trust or belief)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Changing position or direction

Synonyms:

shifting; shifty

Context examples:

he drifted into the shifting crowd / their nervous shifting glances / shifty winds

Similar:

unsteady (subject to change or variation)

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