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- Dictionarysneaky/ˈsniːki/
adjective
- 1. furtive; sly: "sneaky, underhand tactics"
- 2. (of a feeling) persistent but reluctantly held; sneaking: "I developed a sneaky fondness for the old lady"
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SNEAKY definition: 1. doing things in a secret and unfair way: 2. used to describe something you do, eat, or drink…. Learn more.
The meaning of SNEAKY is marked by stealth, furtiveness, or shiftiness. How to use sneaky in a sentence.
1. So slow, deliberate, and secret as to escape observation: catlike, feline, furtive, slinky, sneaking, stealthy. 2. Trickily secret: furtive, secretive, sly, sneaking, surreptitious. 3. Marked by treachery or deceit: devious, disingenuous, duplicitous, guileful, indirect, lubricious, shifty, underhand, underhanded.
If you're devious or tricky, you might be described as sneaky. Tiptoeing up behind your napping dad to scare him would be sneaky.
Sneaky definition: like or suggestive of a sneak; furtive; deceitful.. See examples of SNEAKY used in a sentence.
adjective. If you describe someone as sneaky, you disapprove of them because they do things secretly rather than openly. [informal, disapproval] It is a sneaky and underhand way of doing business. One kid can generally tell when another kid is sneaky. Synonyms: sly, dishonest, devious, mean More Synonyms of sneaky.
SNEAKY meaning: 1. doing things in a secret and unfair way: 2. used to describe something you do, eat, or drink…. Learn more.
Definition of sneaky adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
If you describe someone as sneaky, you disapprove of them because they do things secretly rather than openly.
Sneaky Definition. Furtive; surreptitious. Of or like a sneak; underhanded. Difficult to catch due to constantly outwitting the adversaries. Catching those thieves will be hard, they're so sneaky they keep deluding us. Dishonest; deceitful.
