Antonyms for sneaking

Grammar : Adj

Spell : snee-king

Phonetic Transcription : ˈsni kɪŋ

Definition of sneaking

Origin : 1550s (implied in sneakish), perhaps from some dialectal survival of Middle English sniken "to creep, crawl" (c.1200), related to Old English snican "to sneak along, creep, crawl," from Proto-Germanic *sneikanan, which is related to the root of snake (n.). Of feelings, suspicions, etc., from 1748. Transitive sense, "to partake of surreptitiously" is from 1883. Related: Sneaking. Sneak-thief first recorded 1859; sneak-preview is from 1938.

adj sly
adj stealthy

Example sentences :

Believes herself to have a sneaking kindness for Hickman: and why.
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

What do you mean by sneaking around here this time of night?
Extract from : « Tom Swift and his Electric Runabout » by Victor Appleton

My-Boots and the Gaudrons went down to the dance with Boche sneaking along after them.
Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola

"You should not be sneaking around," the German said sharply.
Extract from : « A Yankee Flier Over Berlin » by Al Avery

I leave the sneaking off to them soft-spoken chaps you're thinking of.
Extract from : « One Day More » by Joseph Conrad

I'll give you something to remember me by, you sneaking cur!
Extract from : « Frank Merriwell's Cruise » by Burt L. Standish

Well, I reckon I can manage a dirty, sneaking hound like you.
Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston

I thought I was unhappy and I had a sneaking idea I was lonesome.
Extract from : « Colonel Crockett's Co-operative Christmas » by Rupert Hughes

I understand that you found Layton sneaking about the house?
Extract from : « The Crooked House » by Brandon Fleming

I was sneaking by, but the old chief saw me and insisted on my coming in to eat.
Extract from : « Old Rail Fence Corners » by Various

Synonyms for sneaking

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