prevaricatory

ADJECTIVE

shifty

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cagey crafty shrewd slippery sneaky tricky wily

WEAK

collusive conniving contriving crooked cunning devious dishonest dodging duplicitous elusive equivocating evasive fly-by-night foxy fraudulent furtive insidious lying mendacious prevaricative roguish scheming shady shuffling slick slimy sly treacherous underhand unhonest unprincipled untruthful

Antonyms

STRONGEST

aboveboard frank honest naive

WEAK

forthright trustworthy

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Had Mrs. Manhattan been any other than herself, Eden would have sent back some femininely prevaricatory excuse.

From Eden An Episode by Edgar Saltus

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