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shiftily

adverb as in slyly

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Example Sentences

His nervousness had something to do with the secret police, eyeing us shiftily from their table by the window.

He stood before his sister and his cousin, moving his eyes shiftily from one to the other, rubbing his hands nervously together.

"I don't know anything about that," answered Higgins shiftily.

His eyes weren't sorrowful eyes, or friendly eyes; they were just shiftily eager eyes.

Kathleen did not take her scornful eyes from his face, and Melun at last looked shiftily away.

"Oh, everybody knows," said Johan, and his eyes began to wander shiftily as they always did when he found himself cornered.

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On this page you'll find 10 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to shiftily, such as: shrewdly, craftily, cunningly, foxily, furtively, and insidiously.

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

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