sneak
2
5.6
- adjective
- /sniːk/
:
furtivo
- Just wait, kids keep getting sneakier!
- sneakier way
Examples
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It's something much sneakier.
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We just gotta be a little sneakier about it.
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The Danish guys, we're going to be extra sneaky this game chat season like doing Nick.
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He's just sneakier about it than WBC.
Blog text (11) -
To Cara and Douglas, their dog's personality seemed but a more reticent, sneakier variety of their own.
Fiction book (1993) -
In this sense, political scientists are "sneakier" than their counterparts in the humanities who make no claims to scientific objectivity.
Academic text (1995) -
And, you know, they have been, they have snuck through this tunnel that's been being built underneath in their sneaky ways.
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The detective employed a sneak tactic to gather evidence without alarming the suspects.
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She always finds a sneak route through the garden to avoid walking on the main path.
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His sneak attempts to prank his friends usually go unnoticed until it's too late.
Synonyms
243
6.3
Working secretly to get information about people and groups
101
4.4
Acting in a secret way to avoid being noticed or to get an advantage
40
8.2
Kept secret because it is illegal or not allowed
19
6.3
Acting quietly and secretly to avoid being noticed
14
7.5
To act quietly and secretly to avoid being seen
7
8.5
Done secretly because people would disapprove
5
8.9
Being secret and mysterious like spy stories
A secret feeling or thought you do not tell others
Antonyms
Compounds
How Sneaky
Surface Forms
Etymology
Sneak as an adjective comes from the same idea of quiet, secret movement. That's why a sneak glance, sneak footsteps, or a sneak attack are done in a secret and careful way to avoid being seen.