weaselly

American  

[wee-zuh-lee] / ˈwi zə li /

adjective

1. resembling a weasel, especially in features or manner.

   a weaselly little clerk with furtive eyes.

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Etymology

Origin of weaselly

First recorded in 1830–40; weasel + -y ¹

Example Sentences

Boyd Holbrook, a little too pretty for his role, plays Cash with a swagger, staring at his audience down the neck of his guitar like a gunsight; as Dylan, Timothee Chalamet is coiled, watchful, weaselly and withholding.

From The Wall Street Journal

Earlier, the MP who represents Ballymena was criticised for an "insincere" and "weaselly" condemnation of the violence.

From BBC

Although Wilson will always be associated with the gullible and weaselly Dwight Schrute on NBC’s “The Office,” and Mandvi recently won a devoted fan following for his portrayal of the science-minded skeptic Ben Shakir in “Evil” on Paramount+, both men refer to theater as their first — and biggest — love.

From Los Angeles Times

Carell’s Vanya imports from those appearances the weaselly overeagerness that makes you roll your eyes at him while also worrying about his mental health.

From New York Times

With enormous help from U.S. media and political power structures, the ongoing mass murder — by any other name — has become normalized, mainly reduced to standard buzz phrases, weaselly diplomat-speak and euphemistic rhetoric about the Gaza war.

From Salon