shiftiness

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noun

The property of being shifty.

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Meanings

nounshiftiness (countable and uncountable, plural shiftinesses)

plural shiftinesses

  1. uncountableThe property of being shifty.

    Mr. Henderson's chief trouble seems to be that he cannot forget his old shiftiness of views and his pendulum-like swingings between Liberalism and Independent Labourism[…]

    1973, Socialist Review, volume 8, page 331
  2. countablerareThe result or product of being shifty.

    I had the grace or humility sometimes to see myself as a mass of shiftinesses; a few dogmas might help to steady me.

    1918, Allan Noble Monkhouse, Men and Ghosts, page 73

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe quality of being a slippery rascal

Similar
rascalityslipperinesstrickiness
Broader
dishonesty
Also see
rascalityslipperinesstrickiness

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From shifty + -ness.

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Cite this entry
APA

shiftiness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shiftiness

MLA

“shiftiness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shiftiness. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shiftiness,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shiftiness.

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