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shifty

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Through some shifty maneuvering, I cut the line and managed to be one of the first ones in.

What would a Mad Man think if he was picked out of a crowd and searched because someone thought that he looked shifty?

Whether you like or loathe the AMC mystery, you love Holder, the shifty cop played by Joel Kinnaman.

Fat ones, skinny ones, shifty-eyed ones with pencil moustaches and electronic ankle bracelets.

Her eyes, now kindling again as she recovered from her recent fears, sought Fortunio's shifty glance.

Do, said Dangerfield, who by now was in a high pitch of excitement, staring with shifty suspicion at the woman.

He wore a sarcastic smile on his face, and his shifty eyes seemed to be constantly looking for a resting-place.

His genial, shifty, pliable, and yet persistent personality was forced to humour obstacles and to fawn on circumstance.

Now they were inclined to be shifty and evasive and not always over civil; and all this had come about suddenly.

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On this page you'll find 100 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to shifty, such as: cagey, crafty, shrewd, slippery, sneaky, and tricky.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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