Sneakily

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a sneaky manner.

    "But on the occasions that he did do something actively nasty, he was satanically good at insinuating himself so sneakily into your most sensitive spots that if you did not know him well you could end up thinking you were being unfair to him when he annoyed you."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a surreptitious manner wordnet

Synonyms

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backcleverlycraftilycunninglyprivatesecrecy

Example

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"Ziri sneakily approached the house."

Etymology

From sneaky + -ly.

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