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Definition of Shiftiness
1. Noun. The quality of being a slippery rascal.
Generic synonyms: Dishonesty
Derivative terms: Shifty, Slippery, Tricky, Tricky
2. Noun. The quality of being changeable in direction. "The shiftiness of the wind caused the boat to veer unpredictably"
Definition of Shiftiness
1. n. The quality or state of being shifty.
Definition of Shiftiness
1. Noun. The property of being shifty. ¹
2. Noun. (countable rare) The result or product of being shifty. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shiftiness
1. [n -ES]
Medical Definition of Shiftiness
1. The quality or state of being shifty. "Diplomatic shiftiness and political versatility." (J. A. Syminds) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shiftiness
Literary usage of Shiftiness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Things Japanese: Being Notes on Various Subjects Connected with Japan for by Basil Hall Chamberlain (1908)
"... Japan but dislike jingoism, can find any source of edification in this page
of modern history, on which so much pettiness and shiftiness are inscribed. ..."
2. Things Japanese: Being Notes on Various Subjects Connected with Japan for by Basil Hall Chamberlain (1905)
"... can fmd any source of edification in this page of modern history, on which so
much pettiness and shiftiness are inscribed. Book Recommended. ..."
3. Thomas Wolsey: Legate and Reformer by Ethelred Luke Taunton (1902)
"... appeal—The Court suspended—Wolsey's part over—Italian shiftiness and Spanish
terrorism—The fruits of failure—Wolsey's fall—An open question—Levitical ..."
4. Encyclopædia Biblica: A Critical Dictionary of the Literary, Political and by Thomas Kelly Cheyne (1901)
"Whether they would have condemned Jacob's shiftiness (apart ... The later prophets,
it is true, denounce shiftiness in no measured terms ;3 but the ..."
5. The Virtuous Pagan in Middle English Literature by Cindy L. Vitto (1989)
"... the shiftiness of space; the paradox of graphic power and pictorial diffuseness;
the alternations within a great range of tone and temper; ..."
6. The Virtuous Pagan in Middle English Literature by Cindy L. Vitto (1989)
"... the periodic establishment and collapse of the dream-frame; the shiftiness of
space; the paradox of graphic power and pictorial diffuseness; ..."
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