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Recent Examples of sneakily
With a comfy design and a sleek hue, the trend is sneakily elegant and easy to mix and match with other closet staples.
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Nicol Natale, PEOPLE, 7 Jan. 2026
Layer it with the Camnow Cropped Puffer Jacket that’s a total staple winter coat, and suddenly your airport look feels sneakily stylish, comfy, and totally ready for whatever the forecast or your itinerary throws at you.
—Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 12 Dec. 2025
Onstage is Tatiana, McRae’s alter ego — a badass, sexy, fearless superstar who has been sneakily dominating the pop world all year, one freakishly flexible dance move at a time.
—Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 11 Dec. 2025
Mini Jamie Camera Bag One of my favorite Coach purse purchases, the Mini Jamie Camera Bag is versatile and sneakily stylish.
—Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 19 Nov. 2025
Coffee continues to reveal some health benefits – including the recent finding of promoting healthy aging in women – however, too much cream and sugar can sneakily add calories.
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 28 Sep. 2025
Due to high humidity levels, mold can sneakily build up in bathroom corners and crevices.
—Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Sep. 2025
After a few false starts, the idea for Bumble is born, and Russian mega-investor Andrey Andreev (a sneakily funny Dan Stevens fielding yet another accent) funds it.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 18 Sep. 2025
When Glenna excuses herself to go check on Lady Ellen, Julia thanks the woman and then proceeds to sneakily follow her straight up to Ellen’s quarters.
—Lincee Ray Published, EW.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Nicol Natale, PEOPLE, 7 Jan. 2026
Layer it with the Camnow Cropped Puffer Jacket that’s a total staple winter coat, and suddenly your airport look feels sneakily stylish, comfy, and totally ready for whatever the forecast or your itinerary throws at you.
—Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 12 Dec. 2025
Onstage is Tatiana, McRae’s alter ego — a badass, sexy, fearless superstar who has been sneakily dominating the pop world all year, one freakishly flexible dance move at a time.
—Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 11 Dec. 2025
Mini Jamie Camera Bag One of my favorite Coach purse purchases, the Mini Jamie Camera Bag is versatile and sneakily stylish.
—Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 19 Nov. 2025
Coffee continues to reveal some health benefits – including the recent finding of promoting healthy aging in women – however, too much cream and sugar can sneakily add calories.
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 28 Sep. 2025
Due to high humidity levels, mold can sneakily build up in bathroom corners and crevices.
—Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Sep. 2025
After a few false starts, the idea for Bumble is born, and Russian mega-investor Andrey Andreev (a sneakily funny Dan Stevens fielding yet another accent) funds it.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 18 Sep. 2025
When Glenna excuses herself to go check on Lady Ellen, Julia thanks the woman and then proceeds to sneakily follow her straight up to Ellen’s quarters.
—Lincee Ray Published, EW.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sneakily
Adverb
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Some Gen Z have been desperately trying to break into the job market, sending out thousands of applications, standing on Wall Street with a sign begging for a job, and waitressing at industry conferences to stealthily hand out their resumes.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
9 Dec. 2025
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Two minutes later, while moving through the crowd, I was stealthily pickpocketed and spent hours the next day at the police station filing a theft report.—
Lane Nieset,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Nov. 2025
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Fox said the exchange between him and Wasser when he was called back to the restaurant took about 10-12 seconds, but defense attorney Karen Friedman Agnifilo suggested on Monday that the pair may have surreptitiously searched the backpack at that time and found the gun — or potentially planted it.—
Ben Brachfeld,
PEOPLE,
9 Dec. 2025
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In a way, I am being surreptitiously employed by the owner for two minutes.—
Francesco Pacifico,
The Dial,
9 Dec. 2025
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Unlike Monday's burial for Princess Irene, which follows a Saturday prayer service in Madrid and a funeral Monday at Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens, the Tatoi interment for Sofia's mother, Queen Federica of Greece, was not official, and took place almost furtively.—
Diego Parrado,
Vanity Fair,
18 Jan. 2026
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This has become the central theme of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City—probably the most chaotic show in its franchise—whose characters are always trying to root out which of their frenemies is furtively digging up dirt and spreading rumors about their legal or financial woes.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
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Early modern Europe was not an ideal place to enforce intellectual property rights, which in those days existed only when technologies could be secretively monopolized by a guild.—
Niall Ferguson,
Foreign Affairs,
15 Aug. 2017
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The difference is that many organizations do so covertly to maximize profits.—
Ben Cohen,
Time,
15 Jan. 2026
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These brave whistleblowers spent seven years and countless hours collaborating with us, recording, investigating, and covertly transmitting files to investigate crimes perpetrated by corrections officers tasked with protecting, not harming, the men in their care.—
Andrew Jarecki & Charlotte Kaufman,
IndieWire,
15 Jan. 2026
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“Sneakily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sneakily. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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