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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. characterized by insincerity or deceit; evasive;
- Example: "a devious character"
- Example: "shifty eyes"
[syn: devious, shifty]

2. changing position or direction;
- Example: "he drifted into the shifting crowd"
- Example: "their nervous shifting glances"
- Example: "shifty winds"
[syn: shifting, shifty]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Shifty \Shift"y\, a.
   Full of, or ready with, shifts; fertile in expedients or
   contrivance. --Wright.
   [1913 Webster]

         Shifty and thrifty as old Greek or modern Scot, there
         were few things he could not invent, and perhaps
         nothing he could not endure.             --C. Kingsley.
   [1913 Webster] Shiite


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

shifty
    adj 1: characterized by insincerity or deceit; evasive; "a
           devious character"; "shifty eyes" [syn: devious,
           shifty]
    2: changing position or direction; "he drifted into the shifting
       crowd"; "their nervous shifting glances"; "shifty winds"
       [syn: shifting, shifty]