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What is the adjective for sneaks?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb sneak which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

sneaky
  1. Difficult to catch due to constantly outwitting the adversaries
  2. Dishonest; deceitful.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. sly, secret, furtive, cunning, devious, clandestine, covert, surreptitious, crafty, stealthy, underhanded, wily, sneaking, artful, undercover, guileful, tricky, scheming, shifty, private, shady, underground, backstairs, duplicitous, stealth, privy, designing, sneak, slippery, foxy, clever, hidden, secretive, subtle, black, conspiratorial, shonky, snide, fly, indirect, slim, skulking, slinking, cloaked, evasive, carny, cowardly, yellow, hush-hush, behind-the-scenes … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “It is a sneaky attempt to bypass the law of the land.”
      “I want that sneaky thief caught, so I'll help you any way I can.”
      “Still, I'm not above pocketing a bottle of Coke on my way out, so long as I'm not being sneaky about it.”
sneak
  1. In advance; before release to the general public.
  2. In a stealthy or surreptitious manner.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. secret, furtive, stealth, stealthy, clandestine, surprise, surreptitious, covert, private, undercover, backstairs, sly, sneaking, sneaky, underground, underhand, underhanded, privy, quick, hush-hush, behind-the-scenes, hole-and-corner, hugger-mugger, hidden, secretive, cloak-and-dagger, black, under wraps, concealed, closet, veiled, conspiratorial, sub-rosa, under-the-table, on the QT, shifty, shrouded, confidential, incognito, cunning, wily, under the table, slippery, back-alley, cloaked, skulking, slinking, indirect, dissembled, backstair … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “They quickly surrendered after realizing that their sneak attack had failed and that they were now even more vulnerable.”
sneaksome
  1. Characterised by sneaking or sneakiness
sneakish
  1. Somewhat sneaky.
  2. Examples:
      3. “But her sneakish qualities, if they really existed, were generally hidden, and she was very clever at thinking of new games, and very kind if you got into a row over anything.”
sneakier
  1. comparative form of sneaky: more sneaky
  2. Synonyms:
      3. slier, craftier, stealthier, wilier, trickier, shiftier, shadier, slipperier, foxier, cleverer, subtler, blacker, shonkier, snider, flier, slimmer, cowardlier, yellower, more secret, more furtive, more cunning, more devious, more clandestine, more covert, more surreptitious, more underhanded, more artful, more undercover, more guileful, more scheming, more private, more underground, more backstairs, more duplicitous, more privy, more designing, more hidden, more secretive, more conspiratorial, more indirect, more evasive, more hush-hush, more hugger-mugger, more underhand, more deceitful, more dishonest, more deceptive, more crooked, slicker, more treacherous … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “You're thinking that maybe I was predictably paranoid, which I now recognize as just a sneakier state of self-aggrandizement.”
      “Even sneakier, they secretly plant programs in emails, in attachments, and on Web sites to track your online activities and capture your account numbers and passwords.”
      “Behind a series of news stories this week is a sneakier, greyer truth.”
sneakiest
  1. superlative form of sneaky: most sneaky
  2. Synonyms:
      3. sliest, craftiest, stealthiest, wiliest, trickiest, shiftiest, shadiest, slipperiest, foxiest, cleverest, subtlest, blackest, shonkiest, snidest, fliest, slimmest, cowardliest, yellowest, most secret, most furtive, most cunning, most devious, most clandestine, most covert, most surreptitious, most underhanded, most artful, most undercover, most guileful, most scheming, most private, most underground, most backstairs, most duplicitous, most privy, most designing, most hidden, most secretive, most conspiratorial, most indirect, most evasive, most hush-hush, most hugger-mugger, most underhand, most deceitful, most dishonest, most deceptive, most crooked, slickest, most treacherous … more
sneaked
  1. simple past tense and past participle of sneak
  2. Synonyms:
      3. changed, slipped, fit, fitted, dressed, snuck, slinked, slunk, adorned, clad, cladded, creeped, crept, dressed up, put on, slipped into, slipped on, suited up, wore, drest, worn, attired, clothed, robed, garbed, costumed, arrayed, appareled, apparelled, habited, caparisoned, suited, enrobed, decked out, bedecked, rigged out, got up, invested, togged up, togged out, gowned, vestured, toileted, outfitted, accoutred, bedizened, fitted out, gotten up, dolled up, garmented … more
sneaking
  1. present participle of sneak
  2. Synonyms:
      3. slinking, slipping, stealing, creeping, sliding, pussyfooting, sidling, padding, skulking, tiptoeing, edging, lurking, mooching, mousing, prowling, shirking, slithering, snaking, casing, crawling, gliding, oozing, passing, moving furtively, moving secretly, worming, wriggling, insinuating, moving stealthily, winding, stalking, sloping, infiltrating, treading warily, inching, easing, insinuating oneself, snooping, gumshoeing, nosing, moving with stealth, squirming, coasting, working in, moving quietly, loitering, encroaching, flitting, creeping around, wheedling … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “He's a political blackleg by nature, a sneaking trickster by birth, and by the mercy of God, an uncompromising idiot.”
      “Thus, a grave and highly important piece of legislation is being impeded because of a sneaking attempt to put over with it an utterly unsound measure.”
      “I have a sneaking suspicion that if there were a way to make movies without actors, George would do it.”
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