sneaky
[snee-kee]
- like or suggestive of a sneak; furtive; deceitful.
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Origin of sneaky
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Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018
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Contemporary Examples
"Hello Kitty" as a double entendre is actually surprisingly modest and sneaky.
Avril Lavigne’s Dumb ‘Hello Kitty’ Video Is Rife with Cultural AppropriationAmy Zimmerman
April 25, 2014
The California computer hack that threatened women, including Miss Teen USA, will get jail time for his sneaky sexploits.
Channeling his best Madoff—with a dash of Paulson and Falcone—Richard Gere plays a sneaky financier in ‘Arbitrage.’
Apple used to count Google as an ally, but now views Google as a sneaky betrayer.
Sneaky Santorum Reporters and pundits everywhere hailed the exit poll of Ohio when it arrived at 7:30 p.m.
Historical Examples
And so perhaps you would be Saladin, and he can be Sir Kenneth, though he's too sneaky for him, too.
Margaret MontfortLaura E. Richards
He was safe there from Sneaky, Gray Wolf and the whole pack.
Washer the RaccoonGeorge Ethelbert Walsh
She was going to speak for her foster child, and not let Sneaky introduce him.
Washer the RaccoonGeorge Ethelbert Walsh
“You have done well by the pack, Sneaky,” he announced finally.
Washer the RaccoonGeorge Ethelbert Walsh
“Sneaky, you run down to the brook and get some water,” she commanded.
Washer the RaccoonGeorge Ethelbert Walsh
Word Origin and History for sneaky
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper