SHIFTINGLY
\ʃˈɪftɪŋlɪ], \ʃˈɪftɪŋlɪ], \ʃ_ˈɪ_f_t_ɪ_ŋ_l_ɪ]\
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To shift about, to turn quite round; to vacillate; to shift off, to defer by some expedient; to make a shift, to contrive to make a thing serve one's purpose; to manage; a shift of linen, the period during which a shirt could be worn without washing, then the linen itself.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.