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Meaning of shifty

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

shifty

Pronunciation:/ˈʃɪfti/

adjective

Definitions

  1. Subject to frequent changes in direction.

  2. (of a person's eyes) Moving from one object to another, not looking directly and steadily at the person with whom one is speaking.

  3. Having the appearance of being dishonest, criminal or unreliable.

    Example: He was a shifty character in a seedy bar, and I checked my wallet was still there after talking to him.

  4. Resourceful; full of, or ready with, shifts or expedients.