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sneak·y

(snē′kē)

adj. sneak·i·er, sneak·i·est

Furtive; surreptitious.

sneak′i·ly adv.

sneak′i·ness n.

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sneak•y

(ˈsni ki)

adj. sneak•i•er, sneak•i•est.

like or suggestive of a sneak; furtive.

[1825–35]

sneak′i•ly, adv.

sneak′i•ness, n.

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Adj.	1.	sneaky - marked by deception; "achieved success in business only by underhand methods" underhanded, underhand corrupt, crooked - not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive
	2.	sneaky - marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed; "a furtive manner"; "a sneak attack"; "stealthy footsteps"; "a surreptitious glance at his watch" furtive, sneak, stealthy, surreptitious concealed - hidden on any grounds for any motive; "a concealed weapon"; "a concealed compartment in his briefcase"

sneaky

adjective sly, dishonest, devious, mean, low, base, nasty, cowardly, slippery, unreliable, malicious, unscrupulous, furtive, disingenuous, shifty, snide, deceitful, contemptible, untrustworthy, double-dealing One kid can generally tell when another kid is sneaky.

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sneaky

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.

Translations

ماكِر، مُخادِع

potměšilý

lusket

heimtückisch hinterhältig

sournois artificieux astucieux rusé

lymskulegur; ómerkilegur

potmehúdsky

sneaky

[ˈsniːkɪ] ADJ (sneakier (compar) (sneakiest (superl))) → soplón

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

sneaky

[ˈsniːki] adj → sournois(e)

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

sneaky

adj (+er) (pej inf) → gewieft (inf), → raffiniert; there’s something sneaky about it → da ist was faul dran

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

sneaky

[ˈsniːkɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (fam) → vile

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

sneak

(sniːk) verb

1. to go quietly and secretly, especially for a dishonest purpose. He must have sneaked into my room when no-one was looking and stolen the money.

2. to take secretly. He sneaked the letter out of her drawer.

noun

a mean, deceitful person, especially a telltale.

ˈsneakers noun plural

soft shoes with soles made of rubber, rope etc. He was wearing blue jeans and sneakers.

ˈsneaking adjective

(of a feeling) slight but not easy to suppress. She knew he was wicked but she had a sneaking admiration for his courage.

ˈsneaky adjective

It was a bit sneaky of him to tell the teacher about me.

ˈsneakiness noun

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"Sneaky tell-tale!" Tink called out from somewhere round the corner.

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They bothered him with their dinky deals, with their scrimping and scratching, and their sneaky attempts to hide their ugliness by the observance of one set day of sanctuary.

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He's tall, and lazy, and sly, and sneaky, and ruther cowardly, too, but kind of good-natured, and wears long brown hair and no beard, and hasn't got a cent, and Brace boards him for nothing, and gives him his old clothes to wear, and despises him.

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Sherburn run his eye slow along the crowd; and wherever it struck the people tried a little to out- gaze him, but they couldn't; they dropped their eyes and looked sneaky. Then pretty soon Sherburn sort of laughed; not the pleasant kind, but the kind that makes you feel like when you are eating bread that's got sand in it.

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