Turning in a dishonourable manner from straightforward action or statement; shifting, shuffling, equivocation, prevarication. Also with a and plural…

The action of evading (a duty, law, requisition, an argument, charge, etc.); dodging, prevarication, shuffling. Also, an instance of this.

The quality of being unreliable, shifty, insincere, or deceitful.

figurative. ‘Slipperiness’, shiftiness; unsteadiness, instability; elusiveness. Also with plural.

The character or quality of being shifty in any sense.

Deception, cheating, trickery; equivocation.

the quality of being evasive.