sneaky.html - adj.
(sneakier, sneakiest) given to or characterized by sneaking; furtive, mean.

sneakily adv. sneakiness n.

sneaky.html - See: QUARTERBACK SNEAK.

sneaky.html - See: SLIP AWAY.

sneaky.html - To come little by little; arrive slowly and unnoticed. * /The woman's hair was turning gray as age crept up on her./ * /Winter is creeping up on us little by little./ * /The boys didn't notice the darkness creeping up on them while they were playing./ Compare: COME OVER.

sneaky.html - To come little by little; arrive slowly and unnoticed. * /The woman's hair was turning gray as age crept up on her./ * /Winter is creeping up on us little by little./ * /The boys didn't notice the darkness creeping up on them while they were playing./ Compare: COME OVER.

sneaky.html - v., n., & adj.
--v.

1 intr. & tr. (foll. by in, out, past, away, etc.) go or convey furtively; slink.
2 tr. sl. steal unobserved; make off with.
3 intr. Brit. schoolsl. tell tales; turn informer.
4 intr. (as sneaking adj.) a furtive; undisclosed (have a sneaking affection for him). b persistent in one's mind; nagging (a sneaking feeling that it is not right).

--n.

1 a mean-spirited cowardly underhand person.
2 Brit. schoolsl. a tell-tale.

--adj.

acting or done without warning; secret (a sneak attack).

sneak-thief a thief who steals without breaking in; a pickpocket.

sneakingly adv. [16th c., prob. dial.: perh. rel. to ME snike, OE snican creep]