Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shiftily

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
shifti-ly
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a shifty manner.

Etymology

Etymology tree English shifty Middle English -ly English -ly English shiftily From shifty + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more shiftily (comparative) most shiftily (superlative)

Questions

What does shiftily mean?
In a shifty manner.
Where does shiftily come from?
Etymology tree English shifty Middle English -ly English -ly English shiftily From shifty + -ly.

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