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# shifty

adjective (shifty, shiftier, shiftiest)

«shifty» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Shifty means sly, not honest, and not to be trusted; a shifty person often looks away or hides what he is doing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shifty/#m1)

### In the lessons

in tales a clever trickster who tries to fool others; often a nickname, such as «the Shifty Lad»

### Examples

- The shifty man kept his eyes on the door. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shifty/#x1)
- The Shifty Lad jumped for joy when his trick worked. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shifty/#x2)
- Don't trust him; he has a shifty look. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shifty/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «shifty» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shifty/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«shifty» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/shifty.html) on Mova free.