He looked at his new customer shiftily. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective, : a shifty look. From Dictionary.com.
"Upgraded," replied Magnus, perhaps a little shiftily. From Wordnik.com. [A Body In The Bath House]
“What do you mean?” she asked shiftily, lowering her hands. From Wordnik.com. [The Little Lady Agency and the Prince] Reference
Puzzled, Monty smiles shiftily: Well, like I said, you could tell. From Wordnik.com. [Caught in the Crossfire: Adrian Scott and the Politics of Americanism in 1940s Hollywood] Reference
McBride tittered nervously, and, shiftily, answered over his shoulder. From Wordnik.com. [Closing Time] Reference
He was getting nervous: He took a step back and looked shiftily from side to side. From Wordnik.com. [The Body Ricardo] Reference
"We're not really here, you know," Pawarce told him, looking round himself shiftily. From Wordnik.com. [The Grand Wheel]
Natalie did not take her scornful eyes from his face, and Boris at last looked shiftily away. From Wordnik.com. [High Noon A New Sequel to 'Three Weeks' by Elinor Glyn] Reference
We were confronting aftershocks, seismic activity that continued hourly, shiftily, as we were conducting the rescue effort. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 14, 2007] Reference
The door was then solemnly thrown open and at Philip Philipovich's request Bormenthal led in Sharikov, who glanced shiftily around. From Wordnik.com. [The Heart Of A Dog]
While we admitted it shiftily, pretending we had of course been planning to mention it, the senator laid aside my botany and brought out a map. From Wordnik.com. [Two For The Lions]
His little eyes wandered shiftily up and down the street. From Wordnik.com. [Sketches in Lavender, Blue and Green] Reference
Jabez looked round shiftily, and said in his unctuous voice. From Wordnik.com. [Moon of Israel] Reference
He looked round shiftily, and said, "I mean no harm by the girl.". From Wordnik.com. [The Manxman A Novel - 1895] Reference
She looked around shiftily, her eyes scanning the street for trouble. From Wordnik.com. [The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference
He felt them pass shiftily across his face with a sense of shrinking repulsion. From Wordnik.com. [In the Wake of War] Reference
In and out of the hive long black robber bees smeared with honey fly timidly and shiftily. From Wordnik.com. [War and Peace] Reference
They looked bemused and I crept through the rest of the class shiftily looking from side to side. From Wordnik.com. [ICT in my Classroom] Reference
He mopped his face with a big, red handkerchief, and looked shiftily from one boyish face to the other. From Wordnik.com. [The Rival Campers Ashore The Mystery of the Mill] Reference
According to Jackson's family, Murray later betrayed his guilt by behaving shiftily at the medical centre. From Wordnik.com. [Tonight] Reference
According to Jackson's family, Dr Murray later betrayed his guilt by behaving shiftily at the medical centre. From Wordnik.com. [Home | Mail Online] Reference
And the Tory leader's shiftily selling a big fat juicy Conservative con - the idea that we'd receive a cost-free bung. From Wordnik.com. [mirror.co.uk - Home] Reference
He stood before his sister and his cousin, moving his eyes shiftily from one to the other, rubbing his hands nervously together. From Wordnik.com. [Mistress Wilding] Reference
He stood squarely in front of her with a persistence that forced her to turn shiftily away with a pretence of looking at the clock. From Wordnik.com. [From One Generation to Another] Reference
Play roulette posteriori Caputo feel shiftily prowess. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Anarchists debating] Reference
“Close as a clam, that’s me,” said Gervase shiftily, because he could not quite remember anything he had said the evening before. From Wordnik.com. [Death of a Scriptwriter]
She looked at me shiftily. From Wordnik.com. [In the Dark about AFTERdark | Mind on Fire] Reference
“No,” said Macbean shiftily. From Wordnik.com. [Death of a Dentist]
Lo, the paradigm doth shift most shiftily. From Wordnik.com. [Going Old School (Sometimes)] Reference
He eyed his mother and brothers shiftily. From Wordnik.com. [The Historical Nights' Entertainment First Series] Reference
John looked at him, looked away shiftily. From Wordnik.com. [Wraithbait] Reference
Rodney blinked and then looked shiftily away. From Wordnik.com. [Wraithbait] Reference
She looked at me, at once shiftily and sharply. From Wordnik.com. [Nights in London] Reference
Well and shiftily answered, thou ragged Proteus. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Works of Whittier] Reference
He looked away, shiftily. From Wordnik.com. [post-gazette.com - News] Reference
"I see," he began shiftily. From Wordnik.com. [Rose O'Paradise] Reference
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