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ˈsneakingly, adv.
Also 6 snekingly, 7 sneekingly.
[f. prec.]
1. In a sneaking manner; not openly or boldly.
1598Florio, Gatto gatto, groping, creeping,..sneakingly as a cat. 1599R. Linche Anc. Fiction M iij, The Serpent..snekingly conueyeth her selfe away. 1633G. Herbert Temple, Ch. Porch xxi, Doe all things like a man, not sneakingly. 1678Otway Friendship in F. iv. i, How sneakingly will he look when he shall find his mistake. 1726Brice's Weekly Jrnl. 17 June 1, I shall not..sneakingly hang my Head, under the smartest Strokes..of Adversity. 1778Mrs. Scott in Doran Lady of last Cent. (1873) x. 243 If she ever does ill, she will do it sneakingly. 1835Tait's Mag. II. 377 Certain senators, who, having boldly given the lie, give sneakingly the hand of reconciliation. 1873R. Broughton Nancy I. 80 We hurriedly and sneakingly enter the drawing-room.
†2. Meanly; niggardly. Obs.
1695De la Pryme Diary (Surtees) 74 He behaved himself the sneakinglyest to him that can be imagined.
3. Without open declaration; unavowedly.
1730[A. Hill] Progr. Wit 7 Unborn to cherish, sneakingly approves, And wants the Soul to spread the Worth, he loves. 1879Browning Martin Relph 141 Suppose I had sneakingly loved her myself, My wretched self. |