sneaky

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It's a pain to do, but clients try and be sneaky.

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marked by deception; "achieved success in business only by underhand methods"

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adjective

marked by deception; "achieved success in business only by underhand methods"

adjective

marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed; "a furtive manner"; "a sneak attack"; "stealthy footsteps"; "a surreptitious glance at his watch"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for sneaky.

adjective

marked by deception; "achieved success in business only by underhand methods"

adjective

marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed; "a furtive manner"; "a sneak attack"; "stealthy footsteps"; "a surreptitious glance at his watch"

See also: furtive, stealthy, surreptitious

Example sentences

It's a pain to do, but clients try and be sneaky.

If I were a sneaky ninja, that's what I would do, have a secret heir.

Don't be afraid to be very sneaky in your thinking to get what you need from your suppliers.

When an email tries to be sneaky with the old "Manage my Preferences" trick, I flag it as spam.

I did, however, try to assess the placebo effect in a couple of sneaky ways.

You confronted them about their debt, and they tried to find "sneaky language" that sounds like a solid reason to not pay you for your service.

"We only spied in a very sneaky way on our employees, undermining the trust given us by all browser and OS vendors.

It's sneaky, it's underhanded, it purports to be unbiased reporting when it's anything but.

If someone had 'busted' the NSA trying to do something sneaky and/or covert and/or illegal, then you could argue that it's the tip of some iceberg of nefarious activity.