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1. (adj.) shifty
resourceful; fertile in expedients.
2. shifty
evasive; crafty.
3. shifty
suggesting an evasive nature:
a shifty look.
Etymology: (1560–70)
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| Definition of 'shifty' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) devious, shifty
characterized by insincerity or deceit; evasive
"a devious character"; "shifty eyes"
2. (adj) shifting, shifty
changing position or direction
"he drifted into the shifting crowd"; "their nervous shifting glances"; "shifty winds"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) shifty
full of, or ready with, shifts; fertile in expedients or contrivance
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Sense: looking cunning and dishonest
I don't trust him; – he has a very shifty look.
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 Afrikaans: oneerlik |
 Arabic: ماكِر، مُتَقَلِّب |
 Bulgarian: измамен |
 Brazilian: manhoso |
 Czech: záludný |
 German: verschlagen |
 Danish: upålidelig |
 Greek: πανούργος, ανέντιμος |
 Spanish: furtivo, sospechoso |
 Estonian: silmakirjalik |
 Farsi: حيله گر |
 Finnish: epäluotettavan näköinen |
 French: sournois |
 Hebrew: עַרמוּמִי |
 Hindi: शातिराना |
 Croatian: vješt, lukav |
 Hungarian: sunyi |
 Indonesian: licik |
 Icelandic: lymskulegur |
 Italian: ingannevole |
 Japanese: ずるい |
 Korean: 교활한, 간사한 |
 Lithuanian: suktas, gudrus |
 Latvian: viltīgs; blēdīgs |
 Malay: licik |
 Dutch: onbetrouwbaar |
 Norwegian: upålitelig, flakkende |
 Polish: nie budzący zaufania, pod |
 Persian: حيله گر |
 Pashto: لټ، بيكاره، بې پروا |
 Portuguese: manhoso |
 Romanian: viclean, refăcut |
 Russian: хитрый |
 Slovak: zradný; vyhýbavý |
 Slovenian: pretkan |
 Serbian: podmukao |
 Swedish: opålitlig, lömsk |
 Thai: ซี่งมีกลอุบาย |
 Turkish: hilekâr |
 Taiwanese: 看似狡猾的 |
 Ukrainian: спритний; хитрий |
 Urdu: بے بھروسا |
 Vietnamese: quỷ quyệt, gian giảo |
 Chinese: 狡猾的，贼眉鼠眼的 |
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