sneaky

English

Etymology

sneak +‎ -y

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsniːki/
• 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!

2. 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)
• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: ovela (fi)
• French: insaisissable (fr), furtif (fr)
• Italian: furtivo (it), sfuggevole, sfuggente (it)
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• Latvian: zaglīgs
• Middle English: sleighty
• 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)
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• Italian: spione (it) m, mancino (it), disonesto (it), malandrino (it), subdolo (it)
• Portuguese: malandro (pt)
• Russian: по́длый (ru) (pódlyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: podmukao (sh) m
• Spanish: marrullero (es)
• Walloon: sournwès (wa) m

Further reading

• “sneaky”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “sneaky”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Kaysen, Sankey, Yankes, snakey