shifty

/ˈʃɪfti/

adjective

  1. 1

    Subject to frequent changes in direction.

  2. 2

    (of a person's eyes) Moving from one object to another, not looking directly and steadily at the person with whom one is speaking.

  3. 3

    Having the appearance of being dishonest, criminal or unreliable.

    He was a shifty character in a seedy bar, and I checked my wallet was still there after talking to him.
  4. 4

    Resourceful; full of, or ready with, shifts or expedients.

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