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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.
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Shifty
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| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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Word Origin & History
shifty
1570, "able to manage for oneself," from shift (v.) in secondary sense. Meaning "using dishonest methods" first recorded 1837.
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