sneakily
Example Sentences
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When her foster mom is preparing dinner, Lu sneakily samples from her siblings’ meals, snaking her tongue into each bowl.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
John David Washington and Conrad Ricamora star in Andrew Stein’s thrilling and timely play about a Silicon Valley millionaire who sneakily tests his psychologically invasive new creation on his friends.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
"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
The virus was engineered to be less likely to infect healthy cells, and also, sneakily, to cause the cancer cells it infects to produce a protein that strengthens the immune system to help destroy them.
From Salon ● Jun. 1, 2025
I see the way they sneakily eat food, quickly hiding it when they see me walk by.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
