adv
Meaning 1
In a sneaky manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
sneakily
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adverb
Meaning 2
in a surreptitious manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he was watching her surreptitiously as she waited in the hotel lobby
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: surreptitiously
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English sneaky Middle English -ly English -ly English sneakily From sneaky + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Dutch: in het geniep — in a sneaky manner
- Finnish: ovelasti — in a sneaky manner
- Finnish: luihusti — in a sneaky manner
- French: sournoisement — in a sneaky manner
- German: hinterhältig — in a sneaky manner
- Ancient Greek: ἐν παραβύστῳ (en parabústōi) — in a sneaky manner
- Irish: gan fhios — in a sneaky manner
- Italian: subdolamente — in a sneaky manner
- Romanian: pe furiș — in a sneaky manner
- Spanish: sigilosamente — in a sneaky manner
- Walloon: sournwezmint — in a sneaky manner