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Definition of Sneaking
1. Adjective. Not openly expressed. "A sneaking suspicion"
Definition of Sneaking
1. a. Marked by cowardly concealment; deficient in openness and courage; underhand; mean; crouching.
Definition of Sneaking
1. Verb. (present participle of sneak) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sneaking
1. sneak [v] - See also: sneak
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sneaking
Literary usage of Sneaking
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1887)
"... 'but, as you are aware, he had a sneaking regard himself for my daughter, and
he thought he would feel more comfortable, ..."
2. Our Wild Indians: Thirty-three Years Personal Experience Among the Red Men by Richard Irving Dodge (1884)
"... Born and Bred Swindlers — Anything for Whiskey — Enjoying his Whiskey Alone —
sneaking off for a Debauch — A Sound Thrashing — A Blubbering Warrior. ..."
3. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1862)
"... One glance at your bowie-knives' savage expression Should frighten to death
every cowardly Hessian— For soft in the solemn midnight The sneaking foe ..."
4. American State Trials: A Collection of the Important and Interesting by John Davison Lawson, Robert Lorenzo Howard (1919)
"... and in that garb, supposing that he is masked, he commits the most frightful, -and,
at the same time, the most sneaking of all crimes. ..."
5. Money and Its Laws: Embracing a History of Monetary Theories, and a History by Henry Varnum Poor (1877)
"The sneaking arts of underling tradesmen," he says, " are thus erected into
political maxims for the conduct of a great empire; for it is the most underling ..."
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