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adj. Having, displaying, or suggestive of deceitful character; evasive or untrustworthy.

adj. Distinguished by frequent changes in direction: shifty winds.

adj. Able to accomplish what is needed; resourceful.

adj. Having the appearance of someone dishonest, criminal or unreliable; such as someone with shifty eyes.

adj. Subject to frequent changes in direction.

adj. Full of, or ready with, shifts or expedients.

adj. Full of, or ready with, shifts; fertile in expedients or contrivance.

Changeable; changeful; shifting; fickle; wavering: as, shifty principles.

Full of shifts; fertile in expedients; well able to shift for one's self.

Given to or characterized by shifts, tricks, or artifices; fertile in dodges or evasions; tricky.

adj. changing position or direction

adj. characterized by insincerity or deceit; evasive

"This makes explicit what was part of the subtext of my essay: Even Microsoft doesn't do this kind of shifty crap anymore, if they can help it."

unsteady    untrustworthy    untrusty   

shiftiest    shiftier   

resourceful    evasive   

fifty    nifty    thrifty   

sneaky    sheepish    sidelong    sly    secretive    crafty    quizzical    morose    spiteful    downcast