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词汇 sneakily
释义 sneakily
adverb
uk /ˈsniː.kəl.i/ us /ˈsniː.kəl.i/(alsosneakingly)
secretly and without telling anyone: 偷偷摸摸地;鬼鬼祟祟地
I sneakily looked in her diary when she was out last night.昨晚她不在时,我偷偷地看了她的日记。
People ran up to sneakily take photos of the president's daughters.人们跑上去偷偷地给总统的女儿们拍照。
I sneakingly suspected that she was trying to take his job.
Before we could lift a finger, Andreas had sneakily slipped off and paid for the whole thing himself.
Everything had to be organized sneakily behind her back.
Sneakily, he had a DNA test done and found the child was his.
He looked at his companion sneakingly over the top of his book.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Sly & devious
artful
artfully
artfulness
backdoor
calculating
cunningly
devious
deviously
deviousness
disingenuous
ducking
guile
guileful
guilefully
legerdemain
Machiavellian
tricky
underhand
weaselly
wily

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sneaky

Examples of sneakily


sneakily
It sneakily replaces the more familiar idea of (suspected) accomplice, which unfortunately suggests intentional involvement in a criminal activity, thereby assigning responsibility to the perpetrators.
We put up signs to warn motorists rather than just sneakily catching them out.
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When the schoolmaster says yes, he sneakily collects the plane on the way, attaches the very big rubber band, and tries it out.
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The girl sneakily wanders off while the man ties up the boat.
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Bubi sneakily follows the creature and witnesses how it dances around a fire singing a song in which he mentions his real name.
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It did this because it sneakily obtained word from a company audit that the target was financially sound.
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It does not take the astronauts long to find the source of the problem: aliens sneakily making raids on their crystals.
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Bram does not agree and leaves sneakily once more.
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