Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a shifting manner; by shifts and changes; deceitfully.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a shifting manner.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
shifting manner.
Etymologies
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Examples
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“The peaks of poetry are shiftingly veiled, and different readers catch different glimpses of the transcendental.”
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Heavy with the burden of translating the shiftingly excellent narrative techniques of Jonathan
Film 2006
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It passed the coded message on according to instructions received, and so forth shiftingly, until the last transmitter took aim at Zamok Vysoki.
The Stars Are Also Fire Anderson, Poul, 1926-2001 1994
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It passed the coded message on according to instructions received, and so forth shiftingly, until the last transmitter took aim at Zamok Vysoki.
The Stars Are Also Fire Anderson, Poul, 1926-2001 1994
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That is, Hanno's representation went around the globe, and faces appeared shiftingly before his eyes; but this was mere supplement, a minute additional data input.
The Boat of a Million Years Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1989
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The instant the princess entered, I heard a buzzing sound as of many low voices, and, one portion after another, the assembly began to be shiftingly illuminated, as by a ray that went travelling from spot to spot.
Lilith, a romance George MacDonald 1864
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Meanwhile, determined Paul flew hither and thither like the meteoric corposant-ball, which shiftingly dances on the tips and verges of ships 'rigging in storms.
Israel Potter Herman Melville 1855
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But of course, speaking of his gross hypocrisy in a) speaking out and b) not speaking out would draw increased attention to the stinking mound of fetid garbage in which their own feet are shiftingly planted.
National Post editorial board: She had it coming, dressed like that. CC 2009
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“The light that filled and surrounded him had a nucleus, a core — something shiftingly human shaped — that dissolved and changed, gathered itself, whirled through and beyond him and back again.
The Moon Pool 2004
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"The light that filled and surrounded him had a nucleus, a core -- something shiftingly human shaped -- that dissolved and changed, gathered itself, whirled through and beyond him and back again.
The Moon Pool 1919
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