shiftily

1. 1.

   in a shifty manner

   “he looked at his new customer shiftily”

Questions about shiftily

What does shiftily mean?

shiftily means "in a shifty manner".

How many syllables are in shiftily?

shiftily has 3 syllables and divides as shif-ti-ly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is shiftily a common word?

shiftily is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.