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Recent Examples of sneakily
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.
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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
Never Write Off Palmeiras Despite infighting at the club and star player Estêvão’s move to Chelsea, Palmeiras are sneakily hanging onto Flamengo’s lead.
—Joseph O'Sullivan, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
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
Never Write Off Palmeiras Despite infighting at the club and star player Estêvão’s move to Chelsea, Palmeiras are sneakily hanging onto Flamengo’s lead.
—Joseph O'Sullivan, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sneakily
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Karalis supplies his colleagues with fluorescent orange utility uniforms and stealthily leads them through the back door of the Bank Al Muraqabah, located just below Rahim’s building.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
6 Sep. 2025
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Others are stealthily looking for deals, sales, using layaway options and trading brand preferences for affordability.—
Leah Olajide,
Freep.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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Is he humiliated by being asked to leave surreptitiously for Olivia’s amusement, or is this a game for him too?—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
26 Sep. 2025
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In many cases, fans were able to see that the tickets were surreptitiously forwarded to unrecognized accounts, presumably so they could be sold on third-party sites.—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
24 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Changing congressional maps in a bid to ensure one party’s victory over another — called gerrymandering — has typically been done more furtively.—
Jesse Bedayn,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Aug. 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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From there, they are forced to deal with an aging group of matriarchs (June Squibb, Annette O’Toole and Marceline Hugot) who covertly run the town—not to mention the cold and calculating brothel manager Enid (Margo Martindale).—
Travis Bean,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Just last year researchers using similar brain imaging methods found that one in four behaviorally unresponsive patients was covertly conscious.—
Andrew Chapman,
Scientific American,
31 Aug. 2025
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“Sneakily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sneakily. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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