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sneaking
[ snee-king ]
adjective
- acting in a furtive or underhand way.
- deceitfully underhand, as actions; contemptible.
- secret; not generally avowed, as a feeling, notion, suspicion, etc.
sneaking
/ ˈsniːkɪŋ /
adjective
- acting in a furtive or cowardly way
- secret
a sneaking desire to marry a millionaire
- slight but nagging (esp in the phrase a sneaking suspicion )
Derived Forms
- ˈsneakingly, adverb
- ˈsneakingness, noun
Other Words From
- sneaking·ly adverb
- sneaking·ness noun
- un·sneaking adjective
Example Sentences
Early testing around the office shows the legs and torso sneaking, bouncing, shuffling and strutting through Imagineering.
There’s a lot of joy that I see in their interviews together, about their story, how they met, the sneaking around… it almost becomes like a “Great Muppet Caper.”
I soon saw why and could not resist sneaking a few candid shots.
In particular, Skylar had been caught frequently sneaking out of her first-floor bedroom window at night.
And I have a sneaking suspicion that you're not being all that helpful with health care implementation.
Instead, may we suggest pulling a Ferris Bueller and sneaking out for a day on the town?
Does anyone else feel Pippa Middleton's profile quietly sneaking back up again?
Why not have kept him here among the rest, and made a sneaking, snivelling pickpocket of him at once?
"And I'll tell what I know about your sneaking in and out of the dormitories at night," added Paxton.
Osborne is a sneaking Yankee, an abolitionist, and the old fool can't keep his mouth shut.
Literature, I do believe hes been and done some low-down, sneaking good action.
I never waited for to look further, but uncocked my gun and went sneaking back on my tiptoes as fast as ever I could.
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