shifty

«shifty» in Mova's school dictionary: sly, not honest, and not to be trusted; a shifty person… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (shifty, shiftier, shiftiest)

meaning for a pupil

Shifty means sly, not honest, and not to be trusted; a shifty person often looks away or hides what he is doing. tree →

sense 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 →
• The Shifty Lad jumped for joy when his trick worked. tree →
• Don't trust him; he has a shifty look. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «shifty» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.