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shifty
What does shifty mean?
shifty (adjective): having the appearance of being dishonest, criminal, or unreliable.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use shifty in a sentence?
- He's a shifty character and I don't trust him one bit. (Tatoeba sentence #3153328 by Vanilla, CC BY 2.0 FR)
- It was an odious face—crafty, vicious, malignant, with shifty, light-gray eyes and white lashes. (Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce shifty?
/ˈʃɪfti/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does shifty come from?
From shift + -y.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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