sneaky

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːki

Adjective

sneaky (comparative sneakier, superlative sneakiest)

1. Difficult to catch due to constantly outwitting the adversaries

   Catching those thieves will be hard, they're so sneaky they keep deluding us

2. dishonest; deceitful

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

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

• Portuguese: malandro (pt), esquivo (pt) m
• Spanish: escurridizo (es)

dishonest; deceitful

• Finnish: petollinen (fi), epärehellinen (fi)
• French: sournois (fr), fourbe (fr)

• Italian: spione (it) m
• Portuguese: malandro (pt)
• Russian: трусливый (ru) (truslivyj)

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Translations to be checked

• Dutch: geniepig, gluiperig

External links

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