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shuffling

/ˈʃʌfl̩ɪŋ/ adjective C2
  1. Moving with a dragging, scraping step.
  2. Evasive.
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The footfall was an uncertain and shuffling one.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 50 · B2
We heard a shuffling sound outside, and then two sharp taps with the knocker.
Sherlock Holmes: The Bruce-Partington Plans, p. 35 · B2
“You won’t have to borrow Ruby’s slippers now, and that’s a blessing, for they’re two sizes too big for you, and it would be awful to hear a fairy shuffling.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 197 · C1
For example, supposing it were the daughter of a banker, he might take an interest in the house of the father-in-law of his son; then again, if he disliked his choice, the major takes the key, double-locks his coffer, and Master Andrea would be obliged to live like the sons of a Parisian family, by shuffling cards or rattling the dice.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 697 · C1

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