sneaky

adjectivenouncommon in dialogue

//ˈsniːki//

Elusive; difficult to capture or observe due to constantly outwitting the adversaries.

adjective

1
Elusive; difficult to capture or observe due to constantly outwitting the adversaries.
Catching those thieves will be hard: they're so sneaky!
Be sneaky. Fish frighten easily.
Some fans may have mistaken the album’s floatiness for aimlessness, but Mr. Mercer’s songs have never been sneakier, or prettier.
2
Dishonest; deceitful.
They played a sneaky trick on us.
Irish car bombs were a sneaky drink—they tasted like a chocolate milk shake, and more than once he'd been seduced into drinking several of them. It was only after he stood up that he realized how much of a wallop they packed.

Etymology

Etymology tree English sneak Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English sneaky From sneak + -y.

noun

1
slangAny device used for covert surveillance.
[…] in cooperation with the National Security Agency, installs and maintains "sneakies" throughout the U.S.S.R. and Communist China — but increasingly, denied areas are surveyed more simply.
[…] has used travellers to plant 'sneakies' - small electronic transmitting devices which form part of a surveillance network.

Forms

plural: sneakies
comparative: sneakier
superlative: sneakiest

snatched · Good-looking.sneak · One who sneaks; one who moves stealthily to acquire an item…sneaking · The act of one who sneaks.

sneaky · Elusive; difficult to capture or observe due to constantly outwitting the adversaries.

sneeze · To expel air as a reflex induced by an irritation in the nose.sneezing · The act of producing a sneeze.snickering · The act of one who snickers.

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