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- Dictionarysneaky/ˈsniːki/
adjective
- 1. furtive; sly: "sneaky, underhand tactics"
- 2. (of a feeling) persistent but reluctantly held; sneaking: "I developed a sneaky fondness for the old lady"
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SNEAKY definition: 1. doing things in a secret and unfair way: 2. used to describe something you do, eat, or drink…. Learn more.
The meaning of SNEAKY is marked by stealth, furtiveness, or shiftiness. How to use sneaky in a sentence.
Sneaky definition: like or suggestive of a sneak; furtive; deceitful.. See examples of SNEAKY used in a sentence.
If you're devious or tricky, you might be described as sneaky. Tiptoeing up behind your napping dad to scare him would be sneaky. You might watch your sneaky cat stalking an oblivious squirrel, or act sneaky yourself — slipping quietly into your brother's room to borrow his favorite sweater without asking first.
adjective. 1. So slow, deliberate, and secret as to escape observation: catlike, feline, furtive, slinky, sneaking, stealthy. 2. Trickily secret: furtive, secretive, sly, sneaking, surreptitious. 3. Marked by treachery or deceit: devious, disingenuous, duplicitous, guileful, indirect, lubricious, shifty, underhand, underhanded.
adjective. If you describe someone as sneaky, you disapprove of them because they do things secretly rather than openly. [informal, disapproval] It is a sneaky and underhand way of doing business. One kid can generally tell when another kid is sneaky. Synonyms: sly, dishonest, devious, mean More Synonyms of sneaky.
Difficult to catch due to constantly outwitting the adversaries. Catching those thieves will be hard, they're so sneaky they keep deluding us.
SNEAKY meaning: 1. doing things in a secret and unfair way: 2. used to describe something you do, eat, or drink…. Learn more.
adjective. /ˈsniːki/ (comparative sneakier, superlative sneakiest) (informal) behaving in a secret and sometimes dishonest or unpleasant way synonym crafty. I took a sneaky glance at my watch. That was a sneaky trick! Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Want to learn more?
adjective. uk / ˈsniːki / us. Add to word list Add to word list. doing things in a secret and unfair way. (Definition of sneaky from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of sneaky. in Chinese (Traditional) 偷偷摸摸的, 鬼鬼祟祟的, 瞞著別人做的… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 偷偷摸摸的, 鬼鬼祟祟的, 瞒着别人做的… See more. in Spanish.
