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shiftyness

shiftyness is the misspelling of shiftiness.

Meaning of shiftiness

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

Origin of shiftyness

From shifty + -ness.

Questions about shiftyness

What is shiftyness the misspelling of?
Shiftyness is the misspelling of shiftiness.

Words near shiftyness in the dictionary

  1. shiftworker
  2. shiftworkers
  3. shiftworking
  4. shifty
  5. shifty-eyed
  6. shiftyness
  7. shifu
  8. shifus
  9. shig
  10. Shig Shag Day
  11. Shiga

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