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Definition of Sneakily
1. Adverb. In a surreptitious manner. "He was watching her surreptitiously as she waited in the hotel lobby"
Definition of Sneakily
1. Adverb. In a sneaky manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sneakily
1. sneaky [adv] - See also: sneaky
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sneakily
Literary usage of Sneakily
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"1907 Dastardly seems to emphasize something done behind another's back, underhandedly,
sneakily, or treacherously—or a person who would do such ..."
2. The American Pageant Revisited: Recollections of a Stanford Historian by Thomas A. Bailey (1982)
"The vigilant professor discovered that the student had sneakily translated a
scholarly monograph already published in French. He had attempted to cover his ..."
3. Fraser's Magazine by Robert Louis Stevenson (1860)
"And following him, also sneakily exulting, I see an object more dirty, more
oily-looking, than the Jew attorney: it is the Jew attorney's clerk. ..."
4. Read and Understand Science: Grades 3-4 by Martha Cheney (2002)
"... hunting quietly and sneakily making better alone doing an act again and again
the ability to stay alive a coming together an animal that is hunted by ..."
5. The Red Dragon: The National Magazine of Wales edited by Charles Wilkins, James Harris (1884)
"I never thought you would have got out of it so sneakily. If he did not say it.
he meant it, that's flat." At length Taffy broke the ice. ..."
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