SHIFTILY

shiftily

(adverb) in a shifty manner; “he looked at his new customer shiftily”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adverb

shiftily (comparative more shiftily, superlative most shiftily)

In a shifty manner.

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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FABLED

(adjective) celebrated in fable or legend; “the fabled Paul Bunyan and his blue ox”; “legendary exploits of Jesse James”


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