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Definition of sneaky in English: sneakyadjectivesneakier, sneakiest ˈsniːkiˈsniki 1Furtive; sly. sneaky, underhand tactics Example sentencesExamples - Here's a sneaky, vital secret that turns conventional marketing psychology on its head.
- Be sneaky, change the date and time of your posts to reinforce the illusion that you are a conscientious employee.
- He relied on his cleverness and sneaky ways to stay ahead of every one.
- He couldn't help but chuckle lightly at his sneaky, conniving girlfriend as he sat there.
- I take a few sneaky peeps and they are always concentrating so hard.
- This man was underhanded and sneaky, preferring to let others do the fighting for him.
- Then she opens her eyes to check with sneaky little sidewards glances.
- This is a sneaky development, an under-hand, sleazy way of slipping a salesman into your home without you knowing.
- Also I'm not ashamed to put my full name and e-mail address on the bottom, not like many letter writers who are too sneaky to do so.
- He had a long lens and he was surreptitiously looking round the corner into the cemetery and taking sneaky shots.
- The assassin is another female character who excels in stealth and sneaky ways of killing the baddies.
- Doug and I came up with a sneaky, underhanded and brilliant plan which kept us strong and under little pressure for the first three years.
- I have a sneaky suspicion that any diagnosis that James gets now will be more for his peace of mind rather than because he'll get any better treatment.
- Traders have to ensure that everything they sell is marked up fairly, with no sneaky price rises smuggled in under the guise of metrification.
- OK, so bits of it are basically unlistenable avant-garde electro, but there's some quite sneaky beats in between.
- In other words, a sneaky, crafty, deceitful person would take on the form of a snake.
- It wasn't that he was sneaky or even secretive, it was just that he didn't open up much.
- So why is it that without any corporate fanfare, it all feels so sneaky when you're in the middle of a secret race?
- These are sneaky gutless gangsters who creep and crawl amongst us.
- And while we're at it, why not mention the really sneaky method of making super-profits.
Synonyms sly, crafty, cunning, wily, clever, artful, scheming, devious, guileful, tricky, conniving, designing, deceitful, duplicitous, dishonest, disingenuous, underhand, untrustworthy, unscrupulous, double-dealing furtive, secretive, secret, stealthy, surreptitious, sneaking, skulking, slinking, clandestine, hidden, covert, cloaked, conspiratorial, under the table Military black informal dirty, foxy, shifty British informal fly Australian/New Zealand informal shonky South African informal slim archaic subtle rare carny 2(of a feeling) persistent but reluctantly held; sneaking. I developed a sneaky fondness for the old lady Example sentencesExamples - But I have a sneaky feeling that they are talking about what goes into kebabs.
- Sick to death of its sneaky charges, poor service and the pathetic rate of interest it pays?
- We all had a sneaky feeling that we didn't score enough runs that day.
- Am I the only person who still gets a sneaky pleasure from slipping under the bedclothes and falling asleep fully-clothed?
- Her mother got the point and got rid of the blatent sneaky smile and replaced it with a friendly, motherly smile.
- Many people think that sneaky anger and the cold shoulder are natural and harmless.
- Happily one of the rabbis featured in this documentary advocates a sneaky line of defence.
- But he has already had a sneaky peek inside the car and was thrilled with the choice.
- The sneaky suspicion in all of their heads grew and they wondered if they were right on track.
- I have a sneaky feeling that you have at least two different personalities.
- I have a sneaky suspicion that when he's older he'll prefer a quiet pint in his favourite pub rather than hard playing in a night club.
- If you look for it, I've got a sneaky feeling you'll find that love actually is all around.
- I feel sneaky and I wouldn't appreciate having people in my room without me being there.
Derivatives adverbˈsniːkɪliˈsnikəli In a furtive or sly way. she sneakily hid a surprise gift in his room Example sentencesExamples - Thomas says the team also managed to sneakily promote New Zealand by placing the name on the boat's foresail, in clear breach of rules forbidding corporate logos.
- I had secretly and sneakily created her gift weeks before she would open it.
- The whole album shimmers, and the songs - though not as uptempo as most tunes that you can't get out of your head - are sneakily infectious.
noun And they've been trying to shake off their reputation for sneakiness, deviousness, and just plain disgustingness, hoping for a new image in the 21st century. Example sentencesExamples - And as it turns out, uneducated village Communists are no match for wily bourgeois sneakiness.
- It is the sneakiness and underhandedness that has disappointed me.
- Meanwhile, the aggressors learn quickly that sneakiness and lawlessness get fêted and rewarded.
- It's not so much the positions we take, it's the sneakiness they can't abide.
Rhymes beaky, cheeky, cliquey, cock-a-leekie, creaky, freaky, Geikie, Kon-Tiki, Leakey, leaky, peaky, reeky, sleeky, squeaky, streaky, Thessaloníki, tiki, tzatziki Definition of sneaky in US English: sneakyadjectiveˈsnikiˈsnēkē 1Furtive; sly. sneaky, underhanded tactics Example sentencesExamples - Here's a sneaky, vital secret that turns conventional marketing psychology on its head.
- So why is it that without any corporate fanfare, it all feels so sneaky when you're in the middle of a secret race?
- He had a long lens and he was surreptitiously looking round the corner into the cemetery and taking sneaky shots.
- Traders have to ensure that everything they sell is marked up fairly, with no sneaky price rises smuggled in under the guise of metrification.
- And while we're at it, why not mention the really sneaky method of making super-profits.
- This man was underhanded and sneaky, preferring to let others do the fighting for him.
- I have a sneaky suspicion that any diagnosis that James gets now will be more for his peace of mind rather than because he'll get any better treatment.
- He couldn't help but chuckle lightly at his sneaky, conniving girlfriend as he sat there.
- OK, so bits of it are basically unlistenable avant-garde electro, but there's some quite sneaky beats in between.
- The assassin is another female character who excels in stealth and sneaky ways of killing the baddies.
- He relied on his cleverness and sneaky ways to stay ahead of every one.
- It wasn't that he was sneaky or even secretive, it was just that he didn't open up much.
- I take a few sneaky peeps and they are always concentrating so hard.
- This is a sneaky development, an under-hand, sleazy way of slipping a salesman into your home without you knowing.
- In other words, a sneaky, crafty, deceitful person would take on the form of a snake.
- Also I'm not ashamed to put my full name and e-mail address on the bottom, not like many letter writers who are too sneaky to do so.
- Then she opens her eyes to check with sneaky little sidewards glances.
- These are sneaky gutless gangsters who creep and crawl amongst us.
- Doug and I came up with a sneaky, underhanded and brilliant plan which kept us strong and under little pressure for the first three years.
- Be sneaky, change the date and time of your posts to reinforce the illusion that you are a conscientious employee.
Synonyms sly, crafty, cunning, wily, clever, artful, scheming, devious, guileful, tricky, conniving, designing, deceitful, duplicitous, dishonest, disingenuous, underhand, untrustworthy, unscrupulous, double-dealing - 1.1 (of a feeling) secret; reluctant.
I developed a sneaky fondness for the old lady Example sentencesExamples - Am I the only person who still gets a sneaky pleasure from slipping under the bedclothes and falling asleep fully-clothed?
- We all had a sneaky feeling that we didn't score enough runs that day.
- If you look for it, I've got a sneaky feeling you'll find that love actually is all around.
- I have a sneaky suspicion that when he's older he'll prefer a quiet pint in his favourite pub rather than hard playing in a night club.
- But he has already had a sneaky peek inside the car and was thrilled with the choice.
- Happily one of the rabbis featured in this documentary advocates a sneaky line of defence.
- Many people think that sneaky anger and the cold shoulder are natural and harmless.
- Her mother got the point and got rid of the blatent sneaky smile and replaced it with a friendly, motherly smile.
- Sick to death of its sneaky charges, poor service and the pathetic rate of interest it pays?
- I have a sneaky feeling that you have at least two different personalities.
- The sneaky suspicion in all of their heads grew and they wondered if they were right on track.
- I feel sneaky and I wouldn't appreciate having people in my room without me being there.
- But I have a sneaky feeling that they are talking about what goes into kebabs.
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