Sanakirja
Tekoälykääntäjä
| Kieli | Käännökset |
|---|---|
| italia | subdolo, sfuggente, voltagabbana, banderuola, giravolta, sfuggevole |
| ranska | louche, fuyant |
| ruotsi | skum, lömsk |
| suomi | vaihteleva, epäluotettavan oloinen |
| tanska | skummel |
| unkari | link |
Määritelmät
Adjektiivi
- 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.
- (informal, idiomatic) Having the appearance of being dishonest, criminal or unreliable.
- Resourceful; full of, or ready with, shifts or expedients.
Esimerkit
- He was a shifty character in a seedy bar and I checked my wallet was still there after talking to him.
- Off he raced, shuffling his bare feet through the hot, dry, shifty sand. But it was no good: she didn't care.
- Shifty and thrifty as old Greek or modern Scot, there were few things he could not invent, and perhaps nothing he could not endure.
Taivutusmuodot
| Komparatiivi | shiftier |
| Superlatiivi | shiftiest |