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Definition of Shifty
1. Adjective. Characterized by insincerity or deceit; evasive. "Shifty eyes"
2. Adjective. Changing position or direction. "Shifty winds"
Definition of Shifty
1. a. Full of, or ready with, shifts; fertile in expedients or contrivance.
Definition of Shifty
1. Adjective. Having the appearance of someone dishonest, criminal or unreliable; such as someone with ''shifty eyes''. ¹
2. Adjective. Subject to frequent changes in direction. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shifty
1. tricky [adj SHIFTIER, SHIFTIEST] : SHIFTILY [adv] - See also: tricky
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shifty
Literary usage of Shifty
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"shifty. Tricky. (Perhaps of American origin.) 1783 Ran away, a Negro Man, named
Pompey, very artful and shi/ty.—Maryland Journal, Feb. 18. ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"He belonged to the shifty and unprincipled class of which Thomas Cromwell (qy)
was leader and mouthpiece, and he closed unworthily the series of the old ..."
3. Indian Wars of New England by Herbert Milton Sylvester (1910)
"In anger or unrest his features were as shifty as the sea in a whipping gale.
As an expression of savagery, they were demoniac. They were at once brave, ..."
4. The Beginnings of Modern Europe (1250-1450) by Ephraim Emerton (1917)
"Ludwig the Bavarian, a shifty politician here as always, did nothing whatever to
support his grand promises, and Edward, fortunately for his cause, ..."
5. The Mythology of the Aryan Nations by George William Cox (1887)
"In the Scottish story the shifty Lad goes through his apprentice- The ship not
among a company of thieves, but under the sole charge of the Black Rogue, ..."
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