adjective
- resembling or characteristic of a weasel in being sneaky, untrustworthy, or evasive
Usage: informal
Examples
- His weaselly behavior made everyone suspicious of his motives.
- She gave a weaselly response that didn’t really answer the question.
- The politician’s weaselly excuses fooled no one.
- I don’t trust him – there’s something weaselly about the way he avoids eye contact.
- His weaselly grin suggested he was up to no good.
- The salesman’s weaselly tactics turned customers away.