sneaky

English

Etymology

sneak +‎ -y

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsniːki/
Rhymes: -iːki

Adjective

sneaky (comparative sneakier, superlative sneakiest)

Difficult to catch due to constantly outwitting the adversaries
Catching those thieves will be hard: they're so sneaky!
Dishonest; deceitful.
They played a sneaky trick on us.

Synonyms

slippery
evasive, dodgy

Derived terms

sneaky pete
sneaky suspicion
sneaky romainians

Related terms

sneak

Translations

Difficult to catch due to constantly outwitting the adversaries

Belarusian: хітры (xitry)
Finnish: ovela (fi)
French: insaisissable (fr), furtif (fr)
Italian: furtivo (it), sfuggevole, sfuggente (it)

Latvian: zaglīgs
Portuguese: malandro (pt), esquivo (pt) m
Russian: хитрый (ru) m (xitryj), изворотливый (ru) m (izvorotlivyj)
Spanish: escurridizo

Dishonest; deceitful

Belarusian: баязлівы (bajazlivy)
Dutch: geniepig (nl), gluiperig (nl)
Finnish: petollinen (fi), epärehellinen (fi), luihu (fi)
French: sournois (fr), fourbe (fr)
German: duckmäuserig
Hungarian: álnok (hu), alattomos (hu), sunyi (hu)

Italian: spione (it) m, mancino (it), disonesto (it), malandrino (it), subdolo (it)
Portuguese: malandro (pt)
Russian: по́длый (ru) (pódlyj)
Spanish: marrullero (es)
Walloon: sournwès (wa) m

Further reading

sneaky in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
sneaky in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

Kaysen, Sankey, Yankes, snakey

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