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shiftful, a. rare.|ˈʃɪftfʊl|
[f. shift n. + -ful.]
Full of shifts or devices.
1615Sylvester Batt. Yvry 333 The most he fears, is least Some's shift-full feare,..finde out..Som Flat, som Foord,..To passe the Eure. 1881Gardiner Introd. Eng. Hist. i. iii. 44 If William had not had something more than mere shiftful contrivance in reserve. 1887Fowler Princ. Morals 219 The general admiration for the wily and shiftful Odysseus.
Hence ˈshiftfulness.
1865Kingsley Herew. i, That hero of ‘Arrah’, who proved, by his valour, pertinacity, and shiftfulness, not unworthy of his great ancestor Hereward. |
