sneakingly

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adverb

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

Scrabble 18

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adverbsneakingly (comparative more sneakingly, superlative most sneakingly)

comparative more sneakingly · superlative most sneakingly

  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?"

    1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 82

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Chicago

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