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Definition of Shiftily
1. Adverb. In a shifty manner. "He looked at his new customer shiftily"
Definition of Shiftily
1. Adverb. In a shifty manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shiftily
1. shifty [adv] - See also: shifty
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shiftily
Literary usage of Shiftily
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Athletics and Football by Montague Shearman (1887)
"ATHLETICS ' sere and yellow' stage, and going more shiftily than ever. The race,
which was won for England by a novice, J. \V. Raby, of Elland, Yorks, ..."
2. A History of the United States by Edward Channing (1908)
"On this Nicholson shiftily returned to England to make sure of his interests there.
Bayard and the other two councilors could not, or at all events would ..."
3. The Works of Thomas Carlyle: (complete). by Thomas Carlyle (1897)
"... without warning anybody, privately revoked said word of honor; and Collini
and he, next morning, whisked shiftily into a hackney-coach ..."
4. The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by Thomas Humphry Ward (1918)
"... even when the stilly rain Is made to cease by light winds: come again, As out
of yon grey glooms, When the cloud grows luminous and shiftily riven, ..."
5. History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, called Frederick the Great: in ten vol by Thomas Carlyle (1864)
"Collini and he, next morning, whisked shiftily into a hackney-coach, and were on
the edge of being clear off. To Freytag's terror and horror; who, however, ..."
6. History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1864)
"Collini and he, next morning, whisked shiftily into a hackney-coach, and were on
the edge of being clear off. To Freytag's terror and horror; who, however, ..."
7. History of Friedrich II of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1864)
"... privately revoked said word of honour; and Collini and he, next morning,
whisked shiftily into a hackney-coach, and were on the edge of being clear off. ..."
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