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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Furtive; surreptitious.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Somewhat sneaking.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Like a sneak; sneaking.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Difficult to catch due to constantly outwitting the adversaries
  • adjective dishonest; deceitful

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective marked by deception
  • adjective marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed

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