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sneaky
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Word definitions for sneaky in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. marked by deception; "achieved success in business only by underhand methods" [syn: underhand , underhanded ] marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed; "a furtive manner"; "a lurking prowler"; "a sneak attack"; ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sneaky \Sneak"y\, n. Like a sneak; sneaking.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 Difficult to catch due to constantly outwitting the adversaries 2 dishonest; deceitful
Usage examples of sneaky.
Fitzsimmons would arm his men from the Complex with knives or riot clubs, but there was always the chance that sneaky pucka rat Andros would escape.
These were the vags, the bums, the wineheads and the wetbrains from the Bowery, the Sneaky Pete drinkers and the Sweet Lucy lovers, the ones who filtered bottles of after-shave lotion down through a loaf of pumpernickel, the ones who drank canned heat and panther sweat, the ones who had left too many pieces of themselves in too many bars for too many years.
A sound was present in the alley, a shuffly, sneaky noise that indicated a prowler.
But as you can tell by how sneaky he looks in this photograph, and by the skepticism in my professional announcer voice, Bob Humpty is not telling the truth.
The stronger they are, the more secretive, devious, manipulative, and downright sneaky they get.
Is everyone afraid there is some sneaky gene for sexual misbehavior lurking around?
Sitting uneasily over torn plastic, protecting the seat of the pants from the sneaky probe of a broken spring, arriving at last at the interstate bus terminal surrounded by buildings with plyboarded windows scribbled with obscene comments and directions.
These were the vags, the bums, the wineheads and the wetbrains from the Bowery, the Sneaky Pete drinkers and the Sweet Lucy lovers, the ones who filtered bottles of after-shave lotion down through a loaf of pumpernickel, the ones who drank canned heat and panther sweat, the ones who had left too many pieces of themselves in too many bars for too many years.
A sneaky method does things with a minimum of flare and noise and there is invariably a usable byproduct as a bonus.
There is a certain amount of sneaky satisfaction in concocting a bait that will fool the roaches into consuming it.
Zilwicki girl is that the extra six T-years have probably only made her even sneakier and more cunning when it comes to evading restrictions, he thought glumly.
There were always people out there just as dangerous as me, better fighters with higher head counts, but I was sneakier, smarter, faster.
Greene calculated that his efforts - incorporating the newest and sneakiest tricks of direct-mail spammers - would spawn no fewer than ten thousand copies of the massive file by the end of the first hour.
Not only did large cats or wolf packs or hyenas sometimes snatch an animal from the hunters, but skulking hyenas or sneaky wolverines were always around when meat was drying, or they were trying to break into caches.
Sparsit now lives in an apartment at the bank, where the sneaky Bitzer has become the messenger.