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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

... amiss here?' growled the man in the brown coat, who had been gradually sneaking up the ...

— The Pickwick Papers • Charles Dickens

... was overrun with the most daring brigands, who paid irregular visits to the different roadsteads between midnight and the early hours of the morning. They were armed with the most deadly weapons, and their secret movements frequently evaded every precaution of watchfulness. The sneaking caique, manned by accomplished emissaries handling muffled oars, was rowed through the anchorage in advance, and for the purpose of finding out the most vulnerable object of attack. Occasionally they selected the wrong ship, and met with a sudden determined ...

— The Shellback's Progress - In the Nineteenth Century • Walter Runciman

... Yes, I have a sneaking feeling that all this modern fuss about "art" and the "creative vision" and "the projection of visualized images," is the itching vice of quite a different class of people, from those who, in the old, sweet, epicurean way, loved to loiter through ...

— One Hundred Best Books • John Cowper Powys

... few moments, which seemed to deepen some sneaking shadow in the boy's mind, for he repeated through clinched teeth, and in a voice which fought hard against conviction, "Never, ...

— The First Violin - A Novel • Jessie Fothergill

... defied Mr. Pomeroy, how would he stand? The girl's position in this solitary house, apart from her friends, was half the battle; in a sneaking way, though he shrank from facing the fact, he knew that she was at their mercy; as much at their mercy as if they had planned the abduction from the first. Without Mr. Pomeroy, therefore, the master of the house and the strongest spirit ...

— The Castle Inn • Stanley John Weyman

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