wriggly

wriggly
/rig"lee/, adj., wrigglier, wriggliest.
1. twisting; writhing; squirming: a wriggly caterpillar.
2. evasive; shifty: a wriggly character.
[1865-70; WRIGGLE + -Y1]

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