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shiftyadjective given to acting in secret and to concealing one's intentionsshifty politicians making deals to channel federal funds into their districts furtive, shady, slippery, sly, sneaking, sneaky, stealthy artful, crafty, cunning, devious, foxy, guileful, slick, wilyclose, closemouthed, reticent, secretiveclandestine, covert, darkdeceitful, deceiving, deceptive, devious, duplicitous, trickish, tricky, underhand, underhandedcheating, crooked, defrauding, dishonest, dissembling, double-dealing, knavish, two-facedlying, mendacious, untrustworthy, untruthfulinsidious, perfidious, serpentine, treacherous aboveboard, forthright, plainspoken, straightforwardcandid, direct, foursquare, frank, open, plainhonest, trustworthy, truthful given to or marked by cheating and deceptionshifty practices such as turning back the odometers on used cars bent(chiefly British), crooked, deceptive, dishonest, double-dealing, duplicitous, fast, fraudulent, guileful, rogue, shady, sharp, underhand, underhanded unconscionable, unethical, unprincipled, unscrupulousdeceitful, deceiving, deluding, delusive, delusory, falseartful, beguiling, cagey(also cagy), crafty, cunning, foxy, slick, sly, subtle, wilydefrauding, devious, furtive, slippery, sneaking, sneaky, trickish, trickyinsidious, perfidious, treacherous aboveboard, honest, straight conscientious, decent, ethical, honorable, just, scrupulous, uprightforthright, straightforward ca. 1570 |