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- adjective
Devious ; misleading; sneaky.
Etymologies
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Examples
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I was extremely uncomfortable during the experience, so I was kind of weaselly, before saying that I was more of a libertarian.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Is Federalist Society Membership an Obstacle to Getting Law Firm Jobs? 2009
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Most people outgrow that kind of weaselly, hypocritical whining by the time they're eight years old.
Archive 2008-01-01 CC 2008
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Without being too "weaselly," I would recommend setting a TCLASS maximum active high enough that it doesn't impact normal operations but low enough to have the desired dampening effect during workload surges.
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"weaselly" comparisons to the positive rate in the Maple Leaf plant and other surveys in Canada and the USA where sampling was done at the point of sale.
Molly'sBlog 2008
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"fashion magazine" is an accurate descriptor or a kind of weaselly way to throw people off track so as not to burn any bridges.
Gawker 2008
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There is something obfuscatory and slightly weaselly about words like "narrative strategies."
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Geithner gives off a really weaselly vibe ny nick Says:
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And he's skin-crawlingly creepy on CSI as Nate Haskell, the weaselly serial-killer nemesis who shanked Dr. Raymond Langston Laurence Fishburne.
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The weaselly one seems to have a bee in his bonnet, no?
Think Progress » CPAC audience boos former GOP Rep. Bob Barr for saying waterboarding is torture. 2010
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February 12th, 2010 at 9: 06 pm ralph the wonder llama, official spokesllama for the Llama Milk Council® says: the weaselly troll has been drinking already.
Think Progress » After warmest January in history, Vancouver airlifts in snow for Winter Olympics. 2010
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