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shiftlike

a. 1 Resembling a shift (item of clothing). 2 (context psychiatry English) Characterised by shifts from one state to another.

Usage examples of "shiftlike".

Astonished but obliging I unearthed a shiftlike dress and made the exchange, Alessia sleeping peacefully throughout.

He was young, but perhaps older than his size would suggest, and his body, hardly covered by a short, tattered shiftlike garment, was brown and wiry.