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单词 sneaking
释义 sneaking
adjective
Etymology: from present participle of sneak (I)
1. : that sneaks or is characteristic of a sneak : furtive, underhand
 < felt … that there was something sneaking and unclean about secret code messages — Fletcher Pratt >
2. : mean, niggardly, paltry, contemptible
3.
 a. : not openly expressed as if something to be ashamed of
  < a sneaking sympathy for the rascal >
  < I have always had a sneaking ambition … to become a conductor myself — Joseph Wechsberg >
 b. : that is a persistent conjecture
  < had a sneaking suspicion that doctors were only one step ahead of the general public — Nathaniel Benchley >
sneak·ing·ly adverb
sneak·ing·ness noun -es
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