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How do you use Weaselly in a sentence? See 4 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.

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Weaselly in a sentence

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Weaselly | Weasel | Weasels

Weaselly meaning

  1. Resembling a weasel (in appearance).
  2. Devious; cunning; misleading; sneaky.

Using Weaselly

  • The main meaning on this page is: Resembling a weasel (in appearance). | Devious; cunning; misleading; sneaky.
  • In the example corpus, weaselly often appears in combinations such as: the weaselly.

Context around Weaselly

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 29.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 3 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations

Often after:

frank 1× gang 1× bertillon 1× way 1×

Sentence patterns with Weaselly

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

and the weaselly bertillon mathieu 1× dumping the weaselly frank burns 1× like a weaselly way of 1× warns the weaselly gang member 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

at the same 1× this included dropping 1×

Common sentence endings:

burns larry linville 1× coming with me 1× really needs to 1× the prosecution desires 1×

Words around Weaselly

Just before it in the word index:

weasel 67 wease 2 wearying 10 weary 287 wearsiders 2 wearside 14

Just after it in the word index:

weasels 15 weasley 42 weasleys 6 weather 10.522 weatherall 11 weatherbee 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaas 7 aacc 7 aacs 7 aafes 7 aah 7 aankh 7

Corpus analysis for Weaselly

  • In this selection, "weaselly" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 29.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, frank, gang and bertillon stand out and add context to how "weaselly" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and the weaselly bertillon mathieu and dumping the weaselly frank burns. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "weaselly" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with weaselly

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

This included dropping the "Hot Lips" nickname and the character dumping the weaselly Frank Burns (Larry Linville). (17 words)

When he later warns the weaselly gang member Ike Clanton (Stephen Lang) that "Hell's coming with me! (18 words)

The place, he can see, is rotten to the core, in thrall to men such as the worm-like Major Henry (Grégory Gadebois) and the weaselly Bertillon (Mathieu Amalric), a graphologist and phrenologist who is happy to say whatever the prosecution desires. (42 words)

Longer example sentences

The place, he can see, is rotten to the core, in thrall to men such as the worm-like Major Henry (Grégory Gadebois) and the weaselly Bertillon (Mathieu Amalric), a graphologist and phrenologist who is happy to say whatever the prosecution desires. (42 words)

At the same time, though, grounding Danny in Chinatown feels like a weaselly way of giving Danny a reason to fight hordes of nameless, and occasionally faceless, Asian people—something that happens throughout the season more times than it really needs to. (42 words)

When he later warns the weaselly gang member Ike Clanton (Stephen Lang) that "Hell's coming with me! (18 words)

Exclamation examples

When he later warns the weaselly gang member Ike Clanton (Stephen Lang) that "Hell's coming with me! (18 words)

Example sentences (4)

This included dropping the "Hot Lips" nickname and the character dumping the weaselly Frank Burns (Larry Linville).

When he later warns the weaselly gang member Ike Clanton (Stephen Lang) that "Hell's coming with me!

The place, he can see, is rotten to the core, in thrall to men such as the worm-like Major Henry (Grégory Gadebois) and the weaselly Bertillon (Mathieu Amalric), a graphologist and phrenologist who is happy to say whatever the prosecution desires.

At the same time, though, grounding Danny in Chinatown feels like a weaselly way of giving Danny a reason to fight hordes of nameless, and occasionally faceless, Asian people—something that happens throughout the season more times than it really needs to.

Common combinations with weaselly

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "weaselly" in a sentence?
An example: "This included dropping the "Hot Lips" nickname and the character dumping the weaselly Frank Burns (Larry Linville)." This page contains 4 example sentences with the word "weaselly" from authentic English texts.
What does "weaselly" mean?
Weaselly means: Resembling a weasel (in appearance).
How many example sentences with "weaselly" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 4 example sentences with "weaselly", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.