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sneaky

/snee-kee/US // ˈsni ki //

鬼鬼祟祟,鬼鬼祟祟的,偷偷摸摸,偷偷摸摸的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    sneak·i·er, sneak·i·est.

    • : like or suggestive of a sneak; furtive; deceitful.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.underhanded, dishonest

Examples

  • Uber and Lyft used sneaky tactics to avoid making drivers employees in California, voters say.

  • So you could still ask the grandparents whether the present was received, which is the sneaky way of getting the couple in trouble.

  • In terms of how much time goes into making its components, no sandwich requires more actual work than a Thanksgiving sandwich, but because it is a vehicle for leftovers rather than the main event, making one always feels like a sneaky triumph.

  • Flipping through one of these cookbooks almost feels sneaky, like you’re peeking into someone’s grandma’s recipe box to find her most treasured culinary secrets.

  • Nobody checks where the reviews come from, so anybody can write anything about your product here including sneaky competitors trying to manipulate your rating.

  • "Hello Kitty" as a double entendre is actually surprisingly modest and sneaky.

  • The California computer hack that threatened women, including Miss Teen USA, will get jail time for his sneaky sexploits.

  • “Ryan Braun typical sneaky Jew,” tweeted one upstanding sports fan last month.

  • It is not flattering in the least to have my utterly transparent agenda presented as somehow sneaky and hidden.

  • Channeling his best Madoff—with a dash of Paulson and Falcone—Richard Gere plays a sneaky financier in ‘Arbitrage.’

  • To make things worse, the small percentage of hydrogen in the atmosphere got sneaky sometimes.

  • I can't forgive him for the sneaky way he went to work— counting on our suspecting young Davis if the matter came to light.

  • The old rascal's taken a dislike to me, and I'd be afraid he'd give me a sneaky bite, or claw me.

  • Anything mean, anything sneaky, could not live in the steady light of those dark-grey eyes.

  • Ef he'd 'a' missed school one day he knowed two sneaky chaps thet would 'a' robbed that nest, either goin' or comin'.

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