sneaking

adj.

1. Acting in a stealthy, furtive way.
2. Unavowed; secret.
3. Gradually growing or persistent: a sneaking hunch.

sneakingly sneak'ing·ly adv.

adjective

1. So slow, deliberate, and secret as to escape observation: catlike, feline, furtive, slinky, sneaky, stealthy. See move/halt.
2. Trickily secret: furtive, secretive, sly, sneaky, surreptitious. See honest/dishonest.

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: not openly expressed
  Synonym: unavowed

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - lusket, hemmelig

Nederlands (Dutch)
achterbaks, heimelijk, vaag

Français (French)
adj. - furtif, sournois, dissimulé

Deutsch (German)
adj. - heimlich

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - κρυφός, ανομολόγητος, ύπουλος

Italiano (Italian)
furtivo

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - secreto (m), furtivo (m), oculto (m)

Русский (Russian)
подлый, трусливый, тайный, безотчетный, угодливый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - secreto, furtivo

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - hemlig, outtalad, dold, smygande, dunkel

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
偷偷逃走的, 卑鄙的, 不争气的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 偷偷逃走的, 卑鄙的, 不爭氣的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 살금살금 걷는, 천한, 은밀한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - こそこそした, 卑劣な, 忍び歩く, 心ひそかな, こそこそする

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) حقير و جدير بالأزدراء, خفي أو سري, مكتوم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮חשאי, כמוס, מתגנב ללב‬

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