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shifty [ˈʃɪftɪ] adj shiftier, shiftiest
1. given to evasions; artful 2. furtive in character or appearance 3. full of expedients; resourceful shiftily adv shiftiness n ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
shifty adjective (Informal) untrustworthy, sly, devious, scheming, tricky, slippery, contriving, wily, crafty, evasive, furtive, deceitful, underhand, unprincipled, duplicitous, fly-by-night (informal) He had a shifty face and previous convictions. honest, trustworthy, open, reliable, upright, honourable, dependable, guileless Translations shifty [ˈʃɪftɪ] ADJ (shiftier (compar) (shiftiest (superl))) [look] → furtivo; [person, behaviour] → sospechoso shifty [ˈʃɪfti] adj [person, behaviour] → louche; [eyes] → fuyant(e) He looked shifty → Il avait l'air louche. shifty adj (+er) → zwielichtig, nicht ganz sauber (inf); person, character also → fragwürdig; glance → verstohlen; eyes → verschlagen; reply → ausweichend; there was something shifty about … → mit … war etwas faul (inf); he has a shifty look in his eye → er hat so einen unsicheren Blick; a shifty expression came over his face → sein Gesicht nahm einen gerissenen Ausdruck an; a shifty little man → ein verdächtiger kleiner Kerl shifty [ˈʃɪftɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (person) → losco/a, equivoco/a; (behaviour) → equivoco/a; (eyes) → sfuggente shifty [ˈʃɪftɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (person) → losco/a, equivoco/a; (behaviour) → equivoco/a; (eyes) → sfuggente How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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She wondered, and when she looked at him--at his close-set, shifty eyes and repulsive features, she shuddered, for she was convinced that no lofty characteristics could be hid behind so foul an exterior. His face was deeply lined, burned brown by long exposure to the sun, and he had a pair of small blue eyes which were astonishingly shifty. They seemed hardly young to Philip, but perhaps they were not more than twenty-five: the elder, Thekla, was as short as her mother, with the same, rather shifty air, but with a pretty face and abundant dark hair; Anna, her younger sister, was tall and plain, but since she had a pleasant smile Philip immediately preferred her. |
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