shuffling

dragging

crawling groveling hobbling inching quailing shambling skulking slinking slithering sneaking squirming worming wriggling writhing

barely moving moving slowly on all fours

standing upright vertical

ambiguous cagey deceptive false misleading unclear vague

casuistic casuistical cunning devious dissembling elusive elusory equivocating fugitive greasy indirect intangible lying oblique prevaricating shifty slippery sly sophistical stonewalling

clear definite honest truthful

direct forthright ready straight straightforward

cagey crafty shrewd slippery sneaky tricky wily

collusive conniving contriving crooked cunning devious dishonest dodging duplicitous elusive equivocating evasive fly-by-night foxy fraudulent furtive insidious lying mendacious prevaricative prevaricatory roguish scheming shady slick slimy sly treacherous underhand unhonest unprincipled untruthful

aboveboard frank honest naive

forthright trustworthy

prevarication

ambiguity amphiboly casuistry coloring con cover cover-up deceit deception deceptiveness delusion dissimulation distortion doubtfulness duplicity evasion fallacy fib fibbing hedging lie line lying misrepresentation song sophistry speciousness spuriousness stall tergiversation waffle

cop out double entendre double meaning double talk equivocality quibbling routine runaround song and dance stonewall

certainty clarity fact frankness honesty openness reality surety trustworthiness truth truthfulness uprightness

directness facing meeting

dodging

artifice circumvention cunning ditch dodge elusion equivocation evasiveness excuse jive lie obliqueness pretext prevarication quibble routine ruse shift shirking shunning sophism sophistry stall subterfuge trick trickery

come-off cop-out equivocating eschewal evading fancy footwork fudging fugiviteness fugivity runaround stonewall

directness frankness honesty openness reality truth

facing meeting

change commerce network swap transaction transfer

barter castling commutation conversion correspondence dealing interchange interdependence interrelation rearrangement reciprocation reciprocity replacement revision shift shuffle substitution supplanting switch traffic transposing transposition truck

buying and selling quid pro quo supplantment tit for tat

stagnation

charade cloak pretext semblance veneer

act acting affectation appearance artifice claim deceit deception display dissimulation double-dealing evasion excuse fabrication facade fakery falsification feigning gag guise insincerity invention make believe mask masquerade misrepresentation misstatement ostentation posing posturing pretentiousness routine ruse schtick sham simulation stall stunt subterfuge trickery veil wile

dumb act faking

reality

frankness honesty honor openness quiet simplicity truth truthfulness uprightness

ambiguity amphiboly casuistry coloring con cover cover-up deceit deception deceptiveness delusion dissimulation distortion doubtfulness duplicity euphemism evasion fallacy fib fibbing hedge hedging lie line lying misrepresentation prevarication shuffle song sophistry speciousness spuriousness stall waffle

cop out double entendre double meaning double talk equivocality equivoque quibbling routine runaround song and dance stonewall weasel word

certainty clarity fact frankness honesty openness reality surety trustworthiness truth truthfulness uprightness