Sneakingly

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Adverb
  1. 1
    In the manner of one who is sneaking or sneaky; slyly, covertly.

    ""Do they not sneakingly bestow on me their crass inability to do anything with their own misbegotten progeny, a subterfuge which I scornfully fub off on text-books?""

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a sneaky manner wordnet

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""Do they not sneakingly bestow on me their crass inability to do anything with their own misbegotten progeny, a subterfuge which I scornfully fub off on text-books?""

Etymology

From sneaking + -ly.

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