English-Italian translations for shifty

• ambiguo
• equivoco
• mutevole
• sfuggente
• sfuggevole
• volubile

Definition of shifty

• Subject to frequent changes in direction
• ''of a person's eyes'') Moving from one object to another, not looking directly and steadily at the person with whom one is speaking
• Having the appearance of being dishonest, criminal or unreliable
• Resourceful; full of, or ready with, shifts or expedients., ''Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English'', London: Henry G. Bohn, Volume 2, p.848: “Cunning; artful” .^{[https://archive.org/details/dictionaryobsol03wriggoog]}

Examples

• He was a shifty character in a seedy bar, and I checked my wallet was still there after talking to him.

Related words

• shift
• shapeshift
• redshift
• blueshift
• makeshift
• shifting
• shifted
• shapeshifter
• stickshift