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Sneaky   /snˈiki/   Listen
Sneaky

adjective
1.
Marked by deception.  Synonyms: underhand, underhanded.
2.
Marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed.  Synonyms: furtive, sneak, stealthy, surreptitious.  "A sneak attack" , "Stealthy footsteps" , "A surreptitious glance at his watch"






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"Sneaky" Quotes from Famous Books



... besides, he felt just a bit sneaky at being such a big boy and doing so little to help, so he said, "Cheer up! Cheer up! I'll go and get work somewhere." And he felt as he spoke as if he would work his fingers to the bone; but the good ...
— English Fairy Tales • Flora Annie Steel

... loudly. "You mustn't tell; you must not! It's mean. Only sneaky children repeat what is said in private. Promise this minute that you ...
— A College Girl • Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey

... to! And I'm sorry. It was a sneaky thing that I did to you. I—I don't know why I cared so much about staying on the ...
— The New Boy at Hilltop • Ralph Henry Barbour

... nice things about gentle breezes, but look out for them, that's what I say. Whenever I leave my bathing suit on the grass to dry, I lay a good big rock on it, you can bet. I'd trust Skinny with a hundred dollars, I would, and Westy too, but gentle breezes—Nix. They're so plaguy sly and sneaky like. ...
— Roy Blakeley • Percy Keese Fitzhugh

... sneaky, shifty-eyed looking things!" thought Billy. "I would not like to meet one alone after dark, but still I hear they are cowardly and wait until one is dead before they try to eat him up. I don't think I will make a long call, for ...
— Billy Whiskers - The Autobiography of a Goat • Frances Trego Montgomery

... exclaimed Polly Perkins fretfully. "You know I never have Napoleons at my teas because you call them yours, but brioche has always been mine; and when I have our neighbors in to my studio, what can I give them? I did not know you could be so sneaky." ...
— Molly Brown's Orchard Home • Nell Speed

... you pale-faced, sneaky, cigarette-suckin' pup," rasped Bunk furiously, "you take your claws off his arm and let him alone, or I'll grasp the occasion to hand you the dose of medicine I come so nigh givin' ye at the game last Satterday. Mebbe he can save this game, and it's up to him to try, anyhow. I s'pose you've ...
— Rival Pitchers of Oakdale • Morgan Scott

... agreed, looking down his fingers. "That was a pretty sneaky way to get out from between Fred Stone and me, ...
— The Trouble with Telstar • John Berryman



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