Englisch-Spanisch Übersetzung für shifty
Definition für 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]]
Anwendungsbeispiele
- He was a shifty character in a seedy bar, and I checked my wallet was still there after talking to him.
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