shiftilyadv.
/ˈʃɪftᵻli/, U.S. /ˈʃɪftᵻli/ In a shifty manner.
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the world > time > change > [adverb]
inconstantly1549
changeably1567
changingly1580
variably?1591
fickle1596
unsettledlyc1598
mutably1611
changefully1615
up and down1643
veeringly1847
varyinglyc1862
kaleidoscopically1866
shiftily1878
modificationally1908
variationally1961
the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [adverb] > with evasion
shufflingly1657
evasively1736
shiftily1878
1878 P. Bayne Chief Actors Puritan Revol. ii. 49 Williams had intrigued boldly and shiftily.
1887 R. W. Dixon Lyrical Poems 22 When the cloud grows luminous and shiftily riven.
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