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Sneaking

adjective

Not openly expressed. Synonym: unavowed.

Sneak

verb

(past & past part. sneaked or snuk; pres. part. sneaking)

To go stealthily or furtively. Synonyms: creep, mouse, pussyfoot.

Put, bring, or take in a secretive or furtive manner. "Sneak a cigarette"

Make off with belongings of others. Synonyms: abstract, cabbage, filch, hook, lift, nobble, pilfer, pinch, purloin, snarf, swipe.

Pass on stealthily. Synonym: slip.

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"Sneaking" Quotes from Famous Books

... and ill-humor that had made him unapproachable. His eyes were sparkling with childish glee; his hands were trembling slightly, and his back was bent. Argensola, who had always dodged him in the street and had thrilled with fear when sneaking up the stairway in the avenue home, now felt a sudden confidence. The transformed old man was beaming on him like a comrade, and making ...

— The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse • Vicente Blasco Ibanez

... woods to another? They begged Clavering to go with them, and as man cannot exist for long in the rarefied atmosphere of the empyrean without growing restive, he was feeling rather let down, and cherished a sneaking desire for a long day ...

— Black Oxen • Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton

... he had rather be a friend of the Seventeen Fires, but if they would not accede to his demands that he would be forced to join the English. The memory of Wayne, the commanding figure and dauntless courage of the present Governor, had had their effect; compared to the vile and sneaking agents of the British government, who, in the security of their forts, had formerly offered bounties for American scalps, and urged the Indians to a predatory warfare, the American leaders stood out in bold relief as both men and warriors. ...

— The Land of the Miamis • Elmore Barce

... pards, I thought I heard A sneaking grizzly cracking the dry twigs. Such an intrusion might deprive the State Of all the good that we intend ...

— Black Beetles in Amber • Ambrose Bierce

... do nothing of the sort. She's the only thing that now clings to me, and I 'm not going to have you sneaking ...

— Hollyhock - A Spirit of Mischief • L. T. Meade

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