sneaking

  • 21sneaking — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. unscrupulous, sinister, crafty; see sly 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective 1. So slow, deliberate, and secret as to escape observation: catlike, feline, furtive, slinky, sneaky, stealthy. See MOVE. 2. Trickily… …

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  • 22sneaking in — entering without being seen, penetration, infiltration …

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  • 23sneaking — adjective (of a feeling) persistent in one s mind but reluctantly held; nagging. Derivatives sneakingly adverb …

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  • 24sneaking — a. 1. Servile, slavish, cringing, obsequious, fawning, grovelling, truckling, crouching, mean, low, base, abject, vile, beggarly, time serving. 2. Secret, underhand, clandestine, concealed, hidden, covert, sly …

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  • 25sneaking — adj 1. furtive, underhand, underhanded, sneaky; covert, clandestine, sly, undercover, stealthy, surreptitious, feline, back alley, back door. 2. devious, insidious, disingenuous, guileful; tricky, crooked, dishonest, shifty, slippery, Inf. shady …

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  • 26sneaking — sneak•ing [[t]ˈsni kɪŋ[/t]] adj. 1) acting in a furtive or underhand way 2) deceitfully underhand, as actions; contemptible 3) secret; not generally avowed, as a feeling or suspicion • Etymology: 1575–85 …

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  • 27sneaking — /ˈsnikɪŋ/ (say sneeking) adjective 1. acting in a furtive or underhand way. 2. deceitfully underhand, as actions, etc.; contemptible. 3. secret; not generally avowed, as a feeling, notion, suspicion, etc. –sneakingly, adverb …

  • 28Sneaking Alley —    In the Tower (P.C. 1732).    Not named in the maps …

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  • 29Sneakingly — Sneaking Sneak ing, a. Marked by cowardly concealment; deficient in openness and courage; underhand; mean; crouching. {Sneak ing*ly}, adv. {Sneak ing*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 30Sneakingness — Sneaking Sneak ing, a. Marked by cowardly concealment; deficient in openness and courage; underhand; mean; crouching. {Sneak ing*ly}, adv. {Sneak ing*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …

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