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sneakily

ADVERB
behind one's back
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Then my mom, who had managed to leave the room sneakily as we tore through the wrapping, came back into the living room with a chubby cat with a bow around his neck.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

"He phoned me the day after the funeral and said can we spread the ashes on the pitch, he sneakily put a bit in the goal," said Sarah.

From BBC • Aug. 26, 2025

And for Miyazaki in particular, art and life are nearly one and the same as we come to learn in this year’s documentary that sneakily landed on Max this summer, “Hayao Miyazaki and The Heron.”

From Salon • Dec. 24, 2024

Long before the film reaches its startling, sneakily moving denouement, Arnold extends to Bailey the faith that parents and politicians seeking simply to control children’s behavior so sorely lack.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2024

So to avoid the guilt, I would spend half my time sneakily cheating so that Jeffrey would win over and over.

From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick




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