Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sneaking"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sneak \Sneak\ (sn[=e]k), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sneaked}
(sn[=e]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Sneaking}.] [OE. sniken, AS.
sn[=i]can to creep; akin to Dan. snige sig; cf. Icel.
sn[=i]kja to hanker after.]
1. To creep or steal (away or about) privately; to come or go
meanly, as a person afraid or ashamed to be seen; as, to
sneak away from company.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sneaking \Sneak"ing\, a.
Marked by cowardly concealment; deficient in openness and
courage; underhand; mean; crouching. -- {Sneak"ing*ly}, adv.
-- {Sneak"ing*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sneaking
adj : not openly expressed; "a sneaking suspicion" [syn: {sneaking(a)},
{unavowed}]
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