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Recent Examples of sneakily
Pumpkin Seeds Seeds are sneakily a great source of protein, and one of the best ones experts love is pumpkin seeds.
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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
There are fun villains; Reggie’s nemesis is a sneakily vicious NFL alum (Craig Robinson) with the splendid name Jerry Basmati.
—Judy Berman, Time, 20 Feb. 2026
With a comfy design and a sleek hue, the trend is sneakily elegant and easy to mix and match with other closet staples.
—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
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
There are fun villains; Reggie’s nemesis is a sneakily vicious NFL alum (Craig Robinson) with the splendid name Jerry Basmati.
—Judy Berman, Time, 20 Feb. 2026
With a comfy design and a sleek hue, the trend is sneakily elegant and easy to mix and match with other closet staples.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sneakily
Adverb
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That meant the magma could easily, and stealthily, pry its way through the crust, rather than having to smash through solid rock.—
Robin George Andrews,
Scientific American,
23 Apr. 2026
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As Adrian Van Young put it in the Southwest Review, the book’s draw is stealthily structural.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
23 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Rarely before has a name so perfectly captured the look and feel of an endeavor that has, almost surreptitiously, dug its way into a space where it’s not supposed to be.—
Carl Juste,
Miami Herald,
22 Apr. 2026
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Katas wan't recording in the front seat, so Christine, seated beside the wives in the back, surreptitiously pulled out her phone to record Bateman.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Apr. 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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To help pay the informants covertly, prosecutors say SPLC illegally set up shell accounts in order to funnel funds their way -- with a total of more than $3 million going to informants between 2014 and 2023.—
Alexander Mallin,
ABC News,
21 Apr. 2026
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To critics, this kind of tangled spending dynamic reflects an increasingly secretive web of money built to covertly distribute money from billionaire donors.—
Gabe Kaminsky,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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“Sneakily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sneakily. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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