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sneakily

ADVERB
behind one's back
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John David Washington and Conrad Ricamora star in Andrew Stein’s thrilling and timely play about a Silicon Valley millionaire who sneakily tests his psychologically invasive new creation on his friends.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

"He phoned me the day after the funeral and said can we spread the ashes on the pitch, he sneakily put a bit in the goal," said Sarah.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2025

Long before the film reaches its startling, sneakily moving denouement, Arnold extends to Bailey the faith that parents and politicians seeking simply to control children’s behavior so sorely lack.

From Los Angeles Times May 22, 2024

At heart, “About Dry Grasses” is a wise and sneakily humane chronicle of three adults, one betrayal and the price of living a toxically unexamined life.

From Seattle Times Mar. 12, 2024

Bodin was sure that one could have floating land masses; he believed there were reliable reports of islands that sneakily changed their position during the night—but the big continents, he thought, remained in one place.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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