weaselly

[wee-zuh-lee]

adjective

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

   a weaselly little clerk with furtive eyes.

Word History and Origins

Origin of weaselly¹

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.

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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