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Mr. Lauda, an Austrian, was socially awkward, a little ferrety looking, and obsessive about the mechanical details of racing and the risks, which he endlessly calculated and recalculated.

From New York Times • Aug. 28, 2013

The old style -- paunchy Babe Ruth, ferrety Bob Feller, the sunken Dust Bowl visages of players in the '30s -- has surrendered to today's sleek, chipper California look.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then there is the cast of characters: Professor Moriarty, the Napoleon of Crime, the ferrety Inspector Lestrade, the families with ancient rituals so hypnotic that T.S.

From Time Magazine Archive

Have you, who are ordinarily more "ferrety" than the average newsmagazine, failed to wonder where one T. E. Lawrence is at this time?

From Time Magazine Archive

The driver had the ferrety alertness of a small rodent.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy