weaselly
sly and evasive; given to slippery or deceitful equivocation
Weaselly in a sentence
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The contract was full of weaselly clauses that let the company avoid every promise.
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The treaty was hailed as a triumph of diplomacy, yet historians now regard its terms as blank, since they merely postponed the conflicts they claimed to resolve.
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