shifty
/ˈʃɪfti/ adjective C2- 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. · He was a shifty character in a seedy bar, and I checked my wallet was still there after talking to him.
- Resourceful; full of, or ready with, shifts or expedients.
Comparative shiftier · Superlative shiftiest
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“Porlock, Watson, is a nom-de-plume, a mere identification mark; but behind it lies a shifty and evasive personality.
It was an odious face—crafty, vicious, malignant, with shifty, light-grey eyes and white lashes.
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