shifty

Adjective Satellite

• characterized by insincerity or deceit; evasive
  • "shifty eyes"
• changing position or direction
  • "shifty winds"

Adj

• Subject to frequent changes in direction.
• Moving from one object to another; not looking directly and steadily at the person with whom one is speaking.
• Having the appearance of being dishonest, criminal, or unreliable.
• Resourceful; full of, or ready with, shifts or expedients.

Adjective

• Dishonest or evasive in character or appearance; tricky.

Examples

• He was a shifty character in a seedy bar, and I checked my wallet was still there after talking to him.
• His shifty glance at the dictionary made me suspect he was looking up a word.

Synonyms

devious, shifting

Related Words

SHIFTILY

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