SHIFTIER

SHIFTY

shifting, shifty

(adjective) changing position or direction; “he drifted into the shifting crowd”; “their nervous shifting glances”; “shifty winds”

devious, shifty

(adjective) characterized by insincerity or deceit; evasive; “a devious character”; “shifty eyes”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

shiftier

comparative form of shifty

Anagrams

• shit fire, shitfire

Source: Wiktionary


SHIFTY

Shift"y, a.

Definition: Full of, or ready with, shifts; fertile in expedients or contrivance. Wright. Shifty and thrifty as old Greek or modern Scot, there were few things he could not invent, and perhaps nothing he could not endure. C. Kingsley.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

27 June 2025

SQUARE

(adjective) having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle; “a square peg in a round hole”; “a square corner”


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Coffee Trivia

In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.

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