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Definition of Sneakingly
1. Adverb. In a sneaky manner. "I always felt sneakingly that I wanted to be a concert pianist"
Definition of Sneakingly
1. Adverb. In the manner of one who is sneaking or sneaky; slyly, covertly. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sneakingly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sneakingly
Literary usage of Sneakingly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chambers's Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A History Critical and by Robert Chambers, David Patrick (1902)
"\sneakingly\. Yes—we 're come to market. Die. How goes it with you ? •'A? ...
\sneakingly\. Not all, there's this one here, I took myself. Dic. ..."
2. Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and (1823)
"The sneakingly approve*, in the last couplet, Mr Pope was much affected by ; and
indeed through their whole controversy afterwards, in which it was ..."
3. The General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical and Critical by Alexander Chalmers (1814)
"It will very rarely be disturbed by that time he himself is in ashes."
1 The "sneakingly approves," in the last couplet, Pope was much affected ..."
4. The London Encyclopaedia, Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"Pope was very indignant at the ' sneakingly. approves,' in the last couplet ;
and indeed through the whole controversy afterwards, in. which it was ..."
5. The Medical Critic and Guide (1904)
"A bill was sneakingly introduced into the Legislature (I say " sneakingly,"
because the general agreement was to submit the bill to every society in New ..."
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