Usually means: Evasive, not straightforward or sincere.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (weaselly)

▸ adjective:  Resembling a weasel (in appearance).
▸ adjective:  Devious; cunning; misleading; sneaky.

Similar:
weasely, weasellike, weasel-like, weaselish, weevillike, weasel-faced, squirrelly, mousy, wartish, ferretlike, more...

Opposite:
forthright, candid, honest, direct, straightforward

Types:
shifty, slimy, slippery, slithery, snakelike, more...

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Similar:
weasely, weasellike, weasel-like, weaselish, weevillike, weasel-faced, squirrelly, mousy, wartish, ferretlike, more...

Opposite:
forthright, candid, honest, direct, straightforward

Types:
shifty, slimy, slippery, slithery, snakelike, more...



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