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PRONUNCIATION OF WEASELLY

weaselly  [ˈwiːzəlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WEASELLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Weaselly is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES WEASELLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of weaselly in the English dictionary

The definition of weaselly in the dictionary is sharp and sly-looking.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WEASELLY


causally
ˈkɔːzəlɪ
drizzly
ˈdrɪzəlɪ
Fuseli
ˈfjuːzəlɪ
hazelly
ˈheɪzəlɪ
intranasally
ˌɪntrəˈneɪzəlɪ
miserly
ˈmaɪzəlɪ
mizzly
ˈmɪzəlɪ
nasally
ˈneɪzəlɪ
orinasally
ˌɔːrɪˈneɪzəlɪ
phrasally
ˈfreɪzəlɪ
spousally
ˈspaʊzəlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WEASELLY

weary
wearying
wearyingly
weasand
weasel
weasel out
weasel words
weasel-worded
weaseler
weaseller
weather
weather balloon
Weather Bureau
weather chart
weather check
weather eye
weather forecast
weather forecaster
weather girl
weather house

WORDS THAT END LIKE WEASELLY

belly
cruelly
Donnelly
felly
gelly
grape jelly
gravelly
jelly
Kelly
nelly
royal jelly
shelly
skelly
smelly
squirrelly
tasselly
telly
tinselly
underbelly
welly

Synonyms and antonyms of weaselly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «weaselly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WEASELLY

Find out the translation of weaselly to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of weaselly from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «weaselly» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

weaselly
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

comadreja
570 millions of speakers

English

weaselly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

weaselly
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ماكرا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

weaselly
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fuinha
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

weaselly
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

weaselly
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Weaselly
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

weaselly
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

weaselly
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

족제비
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Weaselly
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

weaselly
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

weaselly
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वॅसेली
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sinsi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

weaselly
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

weaselly
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

weaselly
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

weaselly
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

weaselly
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

weaselly
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

weaselly
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

weaselly
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of weaselly

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WEASELLY»

The term «weaselly» is normally little used and occupies the 139.203 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WEASELLY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «weaselly» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «weaselly» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about weaselly

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WEASELLY»

Discover the use of weaselly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to weaselly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Fantastic Four: Doomgate
showing his stack of four-by-six prints to Marge (the only bartender he still knew) when this weaselly- looking dude slipped inside, scurried behind the bar, and tried to crack open the cash drawer. No gun. No threats. Just a blatant attempt at a ...
Jeffrey Lang, 2008
2
The Annoyance Bureau
I pointed toward the gardening section. "There they are again!" Weaselly and Lumpy had sat down at a table and were taking things from their file folder and eating them. "They're eating their evidence!" I watched as Weaselly pulled out a box ...
Lucy Frank, 2002
3
Hey! It's That Guy!: The Fametracker. Com Guide to Character ...
He employed said squinty eyes and said bad ass in various roles as renegade commandos, crooked lawmen, and, most famously, as the weaselly pinch-faced bastard and gangland assassin, Frank Nitti, in 1987's The Untouchables— you ...
Tara Ariano, Adam Sternbergh, 2005
4
There Is No Dog
... he endured now as evidence that he was still alive—along with despair. If he starved, well, maybe it wasn't the worst way to die. “And she's the daughter?” ' KWhO?,J “Miss Plainy-Pants.” Bob shrugged. “Eloise. Esmeralda. Weaselly thing.
Meg Rosoff, 2012
5
Casino Conquest: Beat the Casinos at Their Own Games!
Patriotism for your new country is a good thing. This man was high. . .on. . .ah. . . patriotism. The weaselly guy with him did not have a long fingernail, nor could I tell how he felt about America. He just kind of looked—to be unkind—really dopey.
Frank Scoblete, 2012
6
The Cuckoo Child
Furthermore, she had an uneasy feeling whenever she remembered the weaselly man on Heyworth Street who had tried to bar her way as she shot out of the alley. Suppose, just suppose, that the weaselly man had been Ollie? He had called ...
Katie Flynn, 2010
7
The Wrong Pong
A weaselly-looking troll sidled up next to the stall. 'Mmmmm,' he said. 'Mmmmm indeed. You seem to have a very interesting item on your stall.' 'It's a sack beast,' said Rubella. 'They're very obedient and loving.' 'Mmmmm,' said the weaselly ...
Steven Butler, 2011
8
Sean Connery: A Biography
weaselly. boffin. he. has. inveigled. to. mastermind SPECTRE's use of the nuclear warheads they have hijacked, 'are you pleased with your new toys?' Whether George Pravda's Kutze is pleased or not hardly matters, of course. What matters is ...
Christopher Bray, 2011
9
Winter and Night: A Bill Smith/Lydia Chin Novel
"That. sounds. weaselly. to. me." "I'm a weasel." She accepted that assessment a little too fast, I thought, but I was the one who'd said it. I put the half-empty coffee and the half-eaten danish on the hood of my car, reached for my pen and ...
S. J. Rozan, 2003
10
The Natural History of Weasels and Stoats : Ecology, ...
T. 1. |. Weaselly. Distinguished,. Stoatally. Different. There is something enormously satisfactory about a weasel. It has the perfection, grace, and efficiency of a well-designed tool in the hands of an expert. Just as people love to watch and ...
Carolyn M. King Senior Lecturer University of Waikato, Roger A. Powell Professor of Zoology North Carolina State University, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WEASELLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term weaselly is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Steve Lopez: Garcetti too often is 'weaselly'
The turn in Mayor Eric Garcetti's hometown media treatment continues with a Steve Lopez column in this morning's LA Times chastising the mayor for being ... «LA Observed, Jul 15»
2
Watch The Rock Be All Bizness In HBO's New Ballers Trailer (VIDEO)
Rob Corddry plays the weaselly white guy, because every show like this needs a weaselly white guy. HBO released the second trailer for the series, and in it, ... «TV.com, May 15»
3
Megyn Kelly Asks Jeb Bush Softball Questions on Common Core
Unfortunately, she asked the wrong questions and didn't follow up when Bush gave a glib and weaselly little speech about how he's a firm believer that the ... «PJ Media, May 15»
4
Ferret ban: New York City keeps law against weaselly pets
Ferret ban: New York City keeps law against weaselly pets. By Jennifer Peltz. Associated Press. Posted: 03/10/2015 08:36:45 AM PDT0 Comments | Updated: 5 ... «San Jose Mercury News, Mar 15»
5
Weaselly understood
... Ratty's judgment must surely stand: “You can't really trust them, and that's the fact.” Jumping a woodpecker surely proves that weasels are, well, weaselly. «Telegraph.co.uk, Mar 15»
6
The eclectic, unpredictable career of Ralph Fiennes
But stare long enough, and he can also seem shifty, even weaselly, like Lenny Nero, so morally compromised in Strange Days that the film's heroism has to be ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Feb 15»
7
Former CIA oifficial says top Dems knew of enhanced interrogation …
Weaselly Democrats egging the CIA on in 2002 and then turning on them when the political winds changed. Their protests ring hollow, and calls for the CIA to ... «American Thinker, Dec 14»
8
The Story Behind Nightcrawler's Effed-Up Mexican-Restaurant Scene
The scene in question comes halfway into the movie, when Gyllenhaal's weaselly Lou Bloom has finally convinced morning-news director Nina Romina (Rene ... «Vulture, Nov 14»
9
Kelly: UEFA needs a weaselly workaround for its ugly Serbia …
Late last year, citing the “sensitivities” of both countries, European football's governing body decided that Spain and Gibraltar would not play against each other ... «The Globe and Mail, Oct 14»
10
Hong Kong screams, America is silent
Listening to our government's weaselly evasions on the protests in Hong Kong makes me wish America had an Aaron Neville Doctrine. Neville is the New ... «New York Daily News, Oct 14»

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