Thesaurus / slinking
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synonyms for slinking
- clandestine
- conspiratorial
- covert
- surreptitious
- artful
- calculating
- cautious
- circumspect
- cloaked
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- cunning
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- foxy
- guileful
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- on the Q.T.
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- sub-rosa
- undercover
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- under-the-table
- under wraps
- veiled
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How to use slinking in a sentence
She hissed at him angrily, and made a threatening gesture with her hands, which sent him slinking back to the darkness.
BELLA DONNAROBERT HICHENSGetting close to the kopje, he saw a number of the enemy slinking off, and at once challenged them.
CAMPAIGN PICTURES OF THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA (1899-1900)A. G. HALESIn the midst of it all two figures were espied, slinking along toward the boat-landing, anxious to escape notice.
THE RIVAL CAMPERSRUEL PERLEY SMITHBeyond this village lay a ruined city, now inhabited by cobras and slinking jackals.
THE ADVENTURES OF KATHLYNHAROLD MACGRATHThe Capuan saw his followers slinking away with Ardix and his Gauls.
THE LION'S BROODDUFFIELD OSBORNE“Hallo, you two damned slinking dog thieves,” he sung out, as the crowd parted to make way for him.
A FRONTIER MYSTERYBERTRAM MITFORDIn his own heart he knew the reason for this slinking approach: he did not want Polly Candage to see him in this plight.
BLOW THE MAN DOWNHOLMAN DAYThe fox came slinking from his hole among the rocks, and the timid deer drew close to the player and stayed beside him, listening.
STORIES OF OLD GREECE AND ROMEEMILIE KIP BAKERThe townspeople knew him likewise, and many were slinking away even before he spoke, as his charger stood pawing the ground.
RICHARD CARVEL, COMPLETEWINSTON CHURCHILLA wind blowing across the green floor would have made more noise than Conan's slinking feet.
THE DEVIL IN IRONROBERT E. HOWARDWORDS RELATED TO SLINKING
- artful
- calculating
- cautious
- circumspect
- clandestine
- cloaked
- conspiratorial
- covert
- crafty
- creepy
- cunning
- disguised
- elusive
- evasive
- foxy
- guileful
- hidden
- hush-hush
- insidious
- masked
- scheming
- shifty
- skulking
- slinking
- sly
- stealthy
- sub-rosa
- surreptitious
- tricky
- under wraps
- under-the-table
- undercover
- underhand
- underhanded
- wily
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.