Meanings
comparative more sneakily · superlative most sneakily
- 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.
1988, Tsitsi Dangarembga, Nervous Conditions, Faber & Faber Limited (2021), page 76
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbin a surreptitious manner
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Ancient Greek ἐν παραβύστῳ
- ἐν παραβύστῳ (en parabústōi)in a sneaky manner
Dutch in het geniep
- in het geniepin a sneaky manner
Finnish ovelasti, luihusti
- ovelastiin a sneaky manner
- luihustiin a sneaky manner
French sournoisement
- sournoisementin a sneaky manner
German hinterhältig
- hinterhältigin a sneaky manner
Irish gan fhios
- gan fhiosin a sneaky manner
Italian subdolamente
- subdolamentein a sneaky manner
Romanian pe furiș
- pe furișin a sneaky manner
Spanish sigilosamente
- sigilosamentein a sneaky manner
Cite this entry
sneakily. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sneakily
“sneakily.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sneakily. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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