sneakier; sneakiest
: marked by stealth, furtiveness, or shiftiness
a sneaky trick
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They make it look like you're getting a lot more than you really are. It's a sneaky trick.
It's a sneaky way of getting people to buy something they don't need.
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Breast cancer entered my life in a very sneaky way.
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Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 17 Jan. 2025
Now, a team at Nagoya University in Japan has figured out two of the primary ways that these sneaky crickets manage to survive in such a hostile environment.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 16 Jan. 2025
Therefore, the baddies will do various sneaky ploys of wording their requests to slip under the radar of the language-level circuit breakers.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
Despite its awkward ambling, the coyote is every bit as sneaky and tenacious, and just as much a danger to unwitting geese.
—Mitchell Willetts, Kansas City Star, 15 Jan. 2025
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Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 17 Jan. 2025
Now, a team at Nagoya University in Japan has figured out two of the primary ways that these sneaky crickets manage to survive in such a hostile environment.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 16 Jan. 2025
Therefore, the baddies will do various sneaky ploys of wording their requests to slip under the radar of the language-level circuit breakers.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
Despite its awkward ambling, the coyote is every bit as sneaky and tenacious, and just as much a danger to unwitting geese.
—Mitchell Willetts, Kansas City Star, 15 Jan. 2025
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“Sneaky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sneaky. Accessed 26 Jan. 2025.
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