noun
1. the quality of being a slippery rascal
• Syn: ↑rascality, ↑slipperiness, ↑trickiness
• Derivationally related forms: ↑tricky (for: ↑trickiness), ↑slippery (for: ↑slipperiness), ↑shifty
• Hypernyms: ↑dishonesty
2. the quality of being changeable in direction
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the shiftiness of the wind caused the boat to veer unpredictably
• Derivationally related forms: ↑shifty
• Hypernyms: ↑changeableness, ↑changeability
Useful english dictionary. 2012.