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shiftiness

shiftiness noun: the property of being shifty.

Noun

shiftiness (countable and uncountable, plural shiftinesses)

  1. (uncountable) The property of being shifty.
    • Mr. Henderson's chief trouble seems to be that he cannot forget his old shiftiness of views and his pendulum-like swingings between Liberalism and Independent Labourism[…]1973, Socialist Review, volume 8, page 331
  2. (countable, rare) The result or product of being shifty.
    • I had the grace or humility sometimes to see myself as a mass of shiftinesses; a few dogmas might help to steady me.1918, Allan Noble Monkhouse, Men and Ghosts, page 73

shiftiness meaning in Tamil

shiftiness in Tamil

மாறுபடுந் தன்மை

Forms of shiftiness

pluralshiftinesses

Origin of shiftiness

From shifty + -ness.

Questions about shiftiness

What does shiftiness mean?
Shiftiness means the property of being shifty.
What is shiftiness in Tamil?
Shiftiness in Tamil is மாறுபடுந் தன்மை. See Shiftiness meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is shiftiness?
Shiftiness is a noun.
What is the plural of shiftiness?
The plural of shiftiness is shiftinesses.

Words near shiftiness in the dictionary

  1. shiftfulness
  2. shiftier
  3. shiftiest
  4. shiftily
  5. shiftin'
  6. shiftiness
  7. shiftinesses
  8. shifting
  9. shifting about
  10. shifting baseline syndrome
  11. shifting cultivation

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