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Definition of Shiftlessly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shiftlessly
Literary usage of Shiftlessly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1885)
"But it is not so much a question of doing right or wrong; it is a •question of
doing work accurately or shiftlessly ; of knowing exactly what one is about, ..."
2. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1885)
"But it is not so much a question of doing right or wrong; it is a question of
doing work accurately or shiftlessly ; of knowing exactly what one is about, ..."
3. Publications of the American Economic Association by Amos Griswold Warner, JSTOR (Organization), American Economic Association (1906)
"... between steady, continuous, intelligent labor, and the mere brute strength of
the negro's " naked iron arm ", spasmodically and shiftlessly applied. ..."
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