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Rank | Letters | Answer | Clue | |
1 | 99% | 6 | Exact Match! | |
2 | 28% | 7 | Superficially appearing or appearing to be true, professed, or pretended | |
3 | 19% | 5 | Evasive | |
Appearing Evasive Crossword Clue
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We think the answer is "SHIFTY" which means:
- adjective satellite
- • Characterized by insincerity or deceit; evasive
- • Changing position or direction adjective
- • Subject to frequent changes in direction.
- • (of a person's eyes) moving from one object to another, not looking directly and steadily at the person with whom one is speaking.
- • Having the appearance of being dishonest, criminal or unreliable.
- • Resourceful; full of, or ready with, shifts or expedients.
An example sentence would be:
- • "He has a shifty look in his eyes."
- • "The salesman's shifty behavior made me wary."
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