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sneakily

adverb as in behind one's back

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Example Sentences

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"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

One of them kept her eyes glued to Palacios as she reached sneakily for the cat’s speckled fur.

The virus was engineered to be less likely to infect healthy cells, and also, sneakily, to cause the cancer cells it infects to produce a protein that strengthens the immune system to help destroy them.

From Salon

It shows how as a comic he could sneakily steal a scene, and yet it is also the antithesis of his narcissistic, always-the-center-of-attention, Pee-wee.

From Salon

And for Miyazaki in particular, art and life are nearly one and the same as we come to learn in this year’s documentary that sneakily landed on Max this summer, “Hayao Miyazaki and The Heron.”

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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