Definition of "shifty" [shift•y]

• Having, displaying, or suggestive of deceitful character; evasive or untrustworthy. (adjective)
• Distinguished by frequent changes in direction: shifty winds. (adjective)
• Able to accomplish what is needed; resourceful. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "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."
• "And he looked kind of shifty when I turned up with my Other Half, Andy, in tow."
• "The GOP is now proving that despite their former warnings of doom (when THAT suited their purposes), they now embrace this "shifty" legal strategy as an effective way of illegitimately preventing a Senator from the opposing party from taking office at all."