adjective
1.
Synonyms: evasive 1, equivocating, prevaricative, prevaricatory, shuffling
Related Word: dodging, elusive; cagey, collusive, conniving, crafty, cunning; furtive, shifty-eyed, sneaky, tricky; insidious, shady; deceitful, dishonest, fraudulent; treacherous
Idioms: shifty as the sand
2.
Synonyms: dishonest , deceitful, knavish, lying, mendacious, roguish, unhonest, untruthful
3.
Synonyms: underhand , devious, duplicitous, guileful, indirect, sneaking, sneaky, underhanded
4.
Synonyms: mutable 2, changeable, inconstant, slippery, uncertain, unstable, unsteady, variable