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weaselly

[wee-zuh-lee]

adjective

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

    a weaselly little clerk with furtive eyes.



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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of weaselly1

First recorded in 1830–40; weasel + -y 1
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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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Jordan lost the first round of voting on Tuesday, thus sparing the nation, in this time of war abroad and strife at home, the calamity that could ensue if the gavel falls into his weaselly grasp.

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