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Recent Examples of sneakily
Rollins sneakily grabbed the title and put it near his abdomen.
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Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 2 June 2026
There’s also a Dory, a blue tang fish that is sneakily a nod to the school’s receptionist Dorri Hawkes.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2026
To him, Hepburn was just his sweet, hands-on, sometimes cheesy mother who loved to sneakily eat spaghetti with ketchup and snuggle with him while watching tv.
—Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 15 May 2026
Fallen Angels' Rose Byrne and Kelli O’Hara are heaven-sent in this divine and delirious revival of Noël Coward’s sneakily groundbreaking 1925 play, about a pair of high-society housewives who hatch a plot to hook up with their former lover (Mark Consuelos).
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 3 May 2026
Pumpkin Seeds Seeds are sneakily a great source of protein, and one of the best ones experts love is pumpkin seeds.
—Philipp Wehsack, Vogue, 28 Mar. 2026
Zevin writes gentle books, seemingly cozy but sneakily profound.
—The Know, Denver Post, 22 Mar. 2026
Your trusty Aquanet, or more modern equivalent, can be used to sneakily keep hydrangeas looking healthy, full, and alive.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 14 Mar. 2026
The submarine attempts to sneakily move in close to its target undetected using passive sonar, and attack up close where the target has less chance of evading.
—James Dwyer, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2026
Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 2 June 2026
There’s also a Dory, a blue tang fish that is sneakily a nod to the school’s receptionist Dorri Hawkes.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2026
To him, Hepburn was just his sweet, hands-on, sometimes cheesy mother who loved to sneakily eat spaghetti with ketchup and snuggle with him while watching tv.
—Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 15 May 2026
Fallen Angels' Rose Byrne and Kelli O’Hara are heaven-sent in this divine and delirious revival of Noël Coward’s sneakily groundbreaking 1925 play, about a pair of high-society housewives who hatch a plot to hook up with their former lover (Mark Consuelos).
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 3 May 2026
Pumpkin Seeds Seeds are sneakily a great source of protein, and one of the best ones experts love is pumpkin seeds.
—Philipp Wehsack, Vogue, 28 Mar. 2026
Zevin writes gentle books, seemingly cozy but sneakily profound.
—The Know, Denver Post, 22 Mar. 2026
Your trusty Aquanet, or more modern equivalent, can be used to sneakily keep hydrangeas looking healthy, full, and alive.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 14 Mar. 2026
The submarine attempts to sneakily move in close to its target undetected using passive sonar, and attack up close where the target has less chance of evading.
—James Dwyer, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sneakily
Adverb
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The building is stealthily spacious with 40 bedrooms, and there’s a serious Sisley spa, designed with monkish minimalism, plus four superb restaurants.—
Matt Ortile,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 June 2026
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The strategic insights that matter most—how to respond to a competitive threat, whether an acquisition makes sense, how to restructure around AI, and which leadership gaps are stealthily costing the company—are only partly products of rigorous thinking.—
Julian Hayes II,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
Adverb
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Gray-hat hackers, unlike white-hats, surreptitiously sneak into corporate systems to find security vulnerabilities.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
4 June 2026
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Scammers can create an AI replica of someone’s voice using a short recording of their speech — often pulled from social media or an earlier scam call that was surreptitiously recorded.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
29 May 2026
Adverb
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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
Adverb
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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
Adverb
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Meehan and Sabres player development director Don Luce traveled to Sweden, where Mogilny was competing in a tournament, and covertly ushered him back to North America.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 June 2026
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These word puzzles all covertly reference the years-old disappearance of Charlie, Martha’s brilliant older sister.—
The Know,
Denver Post,
4 June 2026
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“Sneakily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sneakily. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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