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synonyms for sneaky
- devious
- disingenuous
- nasty
- shifty
- sly
- tricky
- base
- contemptible
- cowardly
- deceitful
- double-dealing
- duplicitous
- furtive
- guileful
- indirect
- low
- malicious
- mean
- recreant
- secretive
- slippery
- sneaking
- snide
- stealthy
- surreptitious
- underhand
- unreliable
- unscrupulous
- untrustworthy
- yellow
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How to use sneaky in a sentence
Uber and Lyft used sneaky tactics to avoid making drivers employees in California, voters say.
Gig workers and unions sue in California Supreme Court to have Prop 22 overturned | Faiz Siddiqui | January 12, 2021 | Washington PostSo you could still ask the grandparents whether the present was received, which is the sneaky way of getting the couple in trouble.
Miss Manners: Young wheelchair user tired of nosy questions | Judith Martin, Nicholas Martin, Jacobina Martin | January 12, 2021 | Washington PostIn terms of how much time goes into making its components, no sandwich requires more actual work than a Thanksgiving sandwich, but because it is a vehicle for leftovers rather than the main event, making one always feels like a sneaky triumph.
Flipping through one of these cookbooks almost feels sneaky, like you’re peeking into someone’s grandma’s recipe box to find her most treasured culinary secrets.
The Joy of Cooking Other People’s ‘Secret Family Recipes’ | Amy McCarthy | September 11, 2020 | EaterNobody checks where the reviews come from, so anybody can write anything about your product here including sneaky competitors trying to manipulate your rating.
How to turn your customer feedback into a driving force for your product | Maria Kazakova | June 18, 2020 | Search Engine Watch"Hello Kitty" as a double entendre is actually surprisingly modest and sneaky.
Avril Lavigne’s Dumb ‘Hello Kitty’ Video Is Rife with Cultural Appropriation | Amy Zimmerman | April 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe California computer hack that threatened women, including Miss Teen USA, will get jail time for his sneaky sexploits.
“Ryan Braun typical sneaky Jew,” tweeted one upstanding sports fan last month.
It is not flattering in the least to have my utterly transparent agenda presented as somehow sneaky and hidden.
Channeling his best Madoff—with a dash of Paulson and Falcone—Richard Gere plays a sneaky financier in ‘Arbitrage.’
In ‘Arbitrage,’ Richard Gere Shows How the Price Is Right | Daniel Gross | September 13, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTTo make things worse, the small percentage of hydrogen in the atmosphere got sneaky sometimes.
Unwise Child | Gordon Randall GarrettI can't forgive him for the sneaky way he went to work— counting on our suspecting young Davis if the matter came to light.
Justice (Second Series Plays) | John GalsworthyThe old rascal's taken a dislike to me, and I'd be afraid he'd give me a sneaky bite, or claw me.
The Boy Scouts' First Camp Fire | Herbert CarterAnything mean, anything sneaky, could not live in the steady light of those dark-grey eyes.
Fifty-Two Stories For Girls | VariousEf he'd 'a' missed school one day he knowed two sneaky chaps thet would 'a' robbed that nest, either goin' or comin'.
Sonny, A Christmas Guest | Ruth McEnery Stuart
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