overwordExplorer
ENGLISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

weaselly.

Resembling a weasel (in appearance).

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj

  1. Resembling a weasel (in appearance).

  2. Devious; cunning; misleading; sneaky.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *wisulǭ Proto-West Germanic *wisulā Old English weosule Middle English wēsele English weasel Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English weaselly From weasel + -y.

FROM WORD TO NAME

Try it on your idea.

weaselly has 8 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.

weaselly studioweaselly workshello, weaselly

These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.

Explore the name generator

A word with a source.

Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.

Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.