Definitions

sneaking

[snee-king] / ˈsni kɪŋ /

ADJECTIVE

sly

Synonyms

STRONG

arch bluffing calculating conniving crooked designing dissembling intriguing mean plotting scheming slick smart smooth

WEAK

artful astute cagey canny captious covert crafty cunning deceitful deceptive delusive dishonest dishonorable double-dealing elusive foxy furtive guileful illusory impish ingenious insidious mischievous roguish secret secretive sharp shifty shrewd sneaky stealthy subtle surreptitious traitorous treacherous tricky underhand unscrupulous wily

Antonyms

STRONG

aboveboard artless honest

ADJECTIVE

stealthy

Synonyms

STRONG

skulking slinking sneak

WEAK

catlike catty clandestine covert crafty cunning enigmatic feline furtive hush-hush noiseless private secret shifty silent slinky sly sneaky sub-rosa surreptitious under wraps undercover underhand wily

Example Sentences

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With the puck inches away from sneaking past him, a desperate, flailing Hellebuyck reached back and somehow managed to deflect it away at the last possible moment.

From The Wall Street Journal

Team GB's men's curlers are now just two victories away from a remarkable Winter Olympic gold after sneaking into Thursday's semi-finals in Cortina.

From BBC

Clark is best known for her role in Amazon Prime's The Rings of Power, playing warrior Galadriel in the Lord of the Rings spin-off series - even sneaking a Welsh word into a scene.

From BBC

To the uninitiated, though, even amid steady laughter and a sneaking concern for this silly friendship to right itself, it may come off as much ado about who knows what.

From Los Angeles Times

But I have a sneaking suspicion, Solitary Gourmet, that you have all of this in the bag.

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