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wrig⋅gly

  [rig-lee]
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–adjective, -gli⋅er, -gli⋅est.
1. twisting; writhing; squirming: a wriggly caterpillar.
2. evasive; shifty: a wriggly character.
Origin:
1865–70; wriggle + -y 1
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wrig·gle   (rĭg'əl)   
v.   wrig·gled, wrig·gling, wrig·gles

v.   intr.

  1. To turn or twist the body with sinuous writhing motions; squirm.

  2. To proceed with writhing motions.

  3. To worm one's way into or out of a situation; insinuate or extricate oneself by sly or subtle means.

v.   tr.

  1. To move with a wriggling motion: wriggle a toe.

  2. To make (one's way, for example) by or as if by wriggling: He wriggled his way into favor.

n.  

  1. A wriggling movement.

  2. A sinuous path, line, or marking.


[Middle English wrigglen, perhaps from Middle Low German wriggeln; see wer-2 in Indo-European roots.]
wrig'gly adj.
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