shiftiness

noun

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as in slipperiness

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  1. treachery
  2. trickery
  3. subterfuge
  4. cunning
Noun
  • Hosted by Alan Cumming, the game of treachery and deceit returns to Peacock on Thursday, January 9th.
    Anne Easton, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Politics is full of deceit, treachery, and betrayal. . . .
    Quintus Tullius Cicero, Foreign Affairs, 20 Apr. 2012
Definition of treachery
Noun
  • The documentary never suitably addresses any of this, nor Goode’s trickery.
    Jen Chaney, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2024
  • While sudden incidents wrest the plot in new directions, the film is driven less by perverse narrative trickery than by the arbitrary cruelty of fate or the volatility of human nature.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 26 Sep. 2024
Definition of trickery
Noun
  • Putin’s ties to social media What Putin lacks as a military leader, the former KGB secret agent makes up for in subterfuge.
    Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2024
  • When Lorraine’s cocoon of wealth begins to crack after Dot’s subterfuge, Wayne’s injuries, Roy’s threats, and Danish’s disappearance, Leigh centers the Queen of Debt’s humanizing concern.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 17 Jan. 2024
Definition of subterfuge
Noun
  • The movie’s costume designer Tom Broecker says the change highlights the lethal cunning that lurks below the character’s beauty.
    Alexandra Willingham, CNN, 29 Oct. 2024
  • Successful criminals need to have discipline, a plan, patience, and cunning.
    Erin Qualey, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2024
Definition of cunning
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