shifty

Meaning

Adjective

  • Subject to frequent changes in direction.
  • (of a person's eyes) Moving from one object to another, not looking directly and steadily at the person with whom one is speaking.
  • Having the appearance of being dishonest, criminal or unreliable.
  • Resourceful; full of, or ready with, shifts or expedients.

Origin

Modern English dictionary

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