shiftiness

noun

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as in slipperiness

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  1. treachery
  2. trickery
  3. subterfuge
  4. cunning
Noun
  • His greatest dream, beside destroying Nato from within, is dividing the west and China - as a return favor for the treachery of Nixon’s demarche.
    — Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Witness was his 1952 manifesto on fellow-traveling American liberals and their treachery, which emboldened the Soviet Union.
    — Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
Definition of treachery
Noun
  • Yet even as that’s happening, Patterson stages it all with an elliptical trickery that keeps the film knowingly off-balance.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 11 Mar. 2025
  • The Spark Neo lacks the directional surround-sound trickery of the Boss headphones, and comes with just four tone presets loaded into the system out of the box.
    — Paul Ridden, New Atlas, 10 Feb. 2025
Definition of trickery
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  • With a bit of guidance, navigating between the classic go-to’s and the newer dining options are scattered throughout the properties can lead to incredible culinary discoveries, plenty of popping champagne bottles and even a dash of historical subterfuge.
    — Alissa Fitzgerald, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025
  • This sequence introduces The Agency as a maze of contradictory nationalist motivations, paranoia-inducing surveillance, and prevalent subterfuge — and, in its hidden center, a love story.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2025
Definition of subterfuge
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  • Joey Merlo’s cunning, captivating On Set With Theda Bara first lit its murky lights at the Brick a year ago — and now, in a heartening example of institutional collaboration, the Transport Group and the Lucille Lortel Theatre have pitched in as presenters to bring it back for an encore performance.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2024
  • For Mirren, the cunning and cruelty of Whitfield is a timely example of power corrupting absolutely.
    — Hunter Ingram, Variety, 23 Feb. 2025
Definition of cunning
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