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The quality of being a slippery rascal
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shiftiness
Word definitions for shiftiness in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the quality of being a slippery rascal [syn: rascality , slipperiness , trickiness ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Shiftiness \Shift"i*ness\, n. The quality or state of being shifty. Diplomatic shiftiness and political versatility. --J. A. Syminds.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context uncountable English) The property of being shifty. 2 (context countable rare English) The result or product of being shifty.
Usage examples of shiftiness.
The legal value of this run of questions would seem doubtful in the Anglo-Saxon idea of justice, but it gives an indication of the shiftiness in answer of the accused.
This did not serve to remove the impression of shiftiness, for her answers were seldom to the point.
Even as she sized him up, noting the lean body in mismatched chain mail, the scar on his cheek, the shiftiness to his eyes, and the worn but serviceable sword in his scabbard, Alexeika reminded herself that they should move camp as soon as he left.
Shifters were too sly to let all they could do become general knowledge, for in that shiftiness lay the shifters' safety.
Eccles, no signs of alarm or despondency, no shiftiness or uneasiness.
He had made some inner resolve to overcome his natural shiftiness, and stare me down.