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Resembling a small mammal; In a manner that is deceptive or evasive.

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Usage examples (33)
  • Adjective : a weaselly little clerk with furtive eyes
  • Most people outgrow that kind of weaselly, hypocritical whining by the time they're eight years old.
  • I was extremely uncomfortable during the experience, so I was kind of weaselly, before saying that I was more of a libertarian.
  • "fashion magazine" is an accurate descriptor or a kind of weaselly way to throw people off track so as not to burn any bridges.
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