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sneaking
(encz) | sneaking,plazivý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
sneaking
(encz) | sneaking,plíživý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
sneaking
(encz) | sneaking,vkrádání se Zdeněk Brož |
Sneaking
(gcide) | Sneak \Sneak\ (sn[=e]k), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sneaked
(sn[=e]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Sneaking.] [OE. sniken, AS.
sn[imac]can to creep; akin to Dan. snige sig; cf. Icel.
sn[imac]kja to hanker after.]
1. To creep or steal (away or about) privately; to come or go
meanly, as a person afraid or ashamed to be seen; as, to
sneak away from company.
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You skulked behind the fence, and sneaked away.
--Dryden.
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2. To act in a stealthy and cowardly manner; to behave with
meanness and servility; to crouch.
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Sneaking
(gcide) | Sneaking \Sneak"ing\, a.
Marked by cowardly concealment; deficient in openness and
courage; underhand; mean; crouching. -- Sneak"ing*ly, adv.
-- Sneak"ing*ness, n.
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sneaking
(wn) | sneaking
adj 1: not openly expressed; "a sneaking suspicion" [syn:
sneaking(a), unavowed] |
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sneakingly
(encz) | sneakingly, |
Sneaking
(gcide) | Sneak \Sneak\ (sn[=e]k), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sneaked
(sn[=e]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Sneaking.] [OE. sniken, AS.
sn[imac]can to creep; akin to Dan. snige sig; cf. Icel.
sn[imac]kja to hanker after.]
1. To creep or steal (away or about) privately; to come or go
meanly, as a person afraid or ashamed to be seen; as, to
sneak away from company.
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You skulked behind the fence, and sneaked away.
--Dryden.
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2. To act in a stealthy and cowardly manner; to behave with
meanness and servility; to crouch.
[1913 Webster]Sneaking \Sneak"ing\, a.
Marked by cowardly concealment; deficient in openness and
courage; underhand; mean; crouching. -- Sneak"ing*ly, adv.
-- Sneak"ing*ness, n.
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Sneakingly
(gcide) | Sneaking \Sneak"ing\, a.
Marked by cowardly concealment; deficient in openness and
courage; underhand; mean; crouching. -- Sneak"ing*ly, adv.
-- Sneak"ing*ness, n.
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Sneakingness
(gcide) | Sneaking \Sneak"ing\, a.
Marked by cowardly concealment; deficient in openness and
courage; underhand; mean; crouching. -- Sneak"ing*ly, adv.
-- Sneak"ing*ness, n.
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sneakingly
(wn) | sneakingly
adv 1: in a sneaky manner; "I always felt sneakingly that I
wanted to be a concert pianist" |
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