sneaky

adj., -i·er, -i·est.
Furtive; surreptitious.

sneakily sneak'i·ly adv.
sneakiness sneak'i·ness n.

adjective

1. So slow, deliberate, and secret as to escape observation: catlike, feline, furtive, slinky, sneaking, stealthy. See move/halt.
2. Trickily secret: furtive, secretive, sly, sneaking, surreptitious. See honest/dishonest.
3. Marked by treachery or deceit: devious, disingenuous, duplicitous, guileful, indirect, lubricious, shifty, underhand, underhanded. See honest/dishonest.

adj

Definition: underhanded, dishonest
Antonyms: aboveboard, candid, forthright, frank, honest, open

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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: marked by deception
  Synonyms: underhand, underhanded

Meaning #2: marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed
  Synonyms: furtive, lurking, skulking, sneak, stealthy, surreptitious

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - lusket, sladdervorn

Nederlands (Dutch)
heimelijk, achterbaks, geniepig, stiekem

Français (French)
adj. - sournois, rusé, en cachette (regarder)

Deutsch (German)
adj. - hinterhältig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - (καθομ.) ύπουλος, δόλιος

Italiano (Italian)
furtivo, sornione

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - furtivo (m), subserviente, servil

Русский (Russian)
подлый, трусливый, угодливый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - secreto, furtivo, solapado, vil, bajo

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - hemlig, dold

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
鬼祟的, 卑鄙的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 鬼祟的, 卑鄙的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 살금살금 하는, 비열한 , 남을 속이는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - こそこそする, 卑劣な, こそこそした

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) جبان, حقير, جدير بالأزدراء‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מתגנב, חשאי, רמאי‬

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