sneakinglyadv.
1. In a sneaking manner; not openly or boldly.
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the world > movement > progressive motion > specific manner of progressive motion > [adverb] > softly or stealthily
creepingly1548
sneakingly1598
sneakishly1912
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > [adverb]
softlyc1225
by stalea1240
privilya1250
slylyc1275
thieflyc1290
stealingly13..
by stealth1390
stalworthlya1400
theftfullyc1400
theftlyc1400
theftuouslyc1400
under veilc1425
thievishly?c1450
by theft1488
quietly1488
furtively1490
by surreption1526
hugger-muggera1529
in hugger-mugger1529
underhand1538
insidiously1545
creepingly1548
surreptiously1573
underboard1582
filchingly1583
sneakingly1598
underwater1600
slipperily1603
thief-likea1625
clandestinely1632
surreptitiously1643
thievously1658
clancularly1699
stownlins1786
stealthily1806
underhandedly1806
stolen-wise1813
on (upon, under, or by) the sly1818
round-the-corner1820
underhanded1823
stealthfully1828
slinkingly1830
slippingly1830
on the sneak?1863
sneakishly1867
behind backs1874
stalkingly1891
on the side1893
under the counter1926
underground1935
under the table1938
down and dirty1959
sneakily1966
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Gatto gatto, groping, creeping,..sneakingly as a cat.
1599 R. Linche Fountaine Anc. Fiction sig. Miii The Serpent..snekingly conueyeth her selfe away.
1633 G. Herbert Church Porch in Temple xxi Doe all things like a man, not sneakingly.
1678 T. Otway Friendship in Fashion iv. 40 How sneakingly will he look when he shall find his mistake.
1726 Brice's Weekly Jrnl. 17 June 1 I shall not..sneakingly hang my Head, under the smartest Strokes..of Adversity.
1778 Mrs. Scott in Doran Lady of last Cent. (1873) x. 243 If she ever does ill, she will do it sneakingly.
1835 Tait's Edinb. Mag. New Ser. 2 377 Certain senators, who, having boldly given the lie, give sneakingly the hand of reconciliation.
1873 R. Broughton Nancy I. 80 We hurriedly and sneakingly enter the drawing-room.
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the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [adverb]
narrowlya1250
feeblyc1290
scarcely1340
straitly1340
strait1390
niggardly?1529
nighly1548
pinchingly1561
close-fisted1575
hard1580
niggishly1580
nearly1591
mincingly1593
costively1598
penuriously1616
neara1625
scantingly1627
parsimoniouslya1634
scrapingly1680
stingily1682
scrimply1690
sneakingly1695
churlishly1875
curmudgeonly1879
skinflintily1899
mingily1958
1695 A. de la Pryme Diary 21 Nov. (1870) i. 74 He behaved himself the sneakinglyest to him that can be imagined.
3. Without open declaration; unavowedly.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > [adverb] > without declaration
unexpressedly1561
sneakingly1730
inostensibly1791
unavowedly1861
1730 A. Hill Progress of Wit 7 Unborn to cherish, sneakingly approves, And wants the Soul to spread the Worth, he loves.
1879 R. Browning Martin Relph 141 Suppose I had sneakingly loved her myself, My wretched self.
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