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shiftinesses

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shift⋅y

  [shif-tee]
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–adjective, shift⋅i⋅er, shift⋅i⋅est.
1. resourceful; fertile in expedients.
2. given to or full of evasions; tricky.
3. suggesting a deceptive or evasive character: a shifty look.
Origin:
1560–70; shift + -y 1

Related forms:
shift⋅i⋅ly, adverb
shift⋅i⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
2. crafty, foxy, slippery.
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shifty 
1570, "able to manage for oneself," from shift (v.) in secondary sense. Meaning "using dishonest methods" first recorded 1837.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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