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Surreptitious vs Sneaky - What's the difference?

surreptitious | sneaky |

As adjectives the difference between surreptitious and sneaky

is that surreptitious is stealth]]y, furtive, [[hidden|well hidden, covert (especially movements) while sneaky is difficult to catch due to constantly outwitting the adversaries.

surreptitious

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Stealth]]y, furtive, [[hidden, well hidden, covert (especially movements).
  • * {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers), title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)
    • , chapter=1 citation , passage=He read the letter aloud. Sophia listened with the studied air of one for whom, even in these days, a title possessed some surreptitious allurement.}}

    Synonyms

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    Derived terms

    * surreptitiously

    sneaky

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Difficult to catch due to constantly outwitting the adversaries
    • Catching those thieves will be hard, they're so sneaky they keep deluding us
  • dishonest; deceitful

    • Synonyms

    * slippery * evasive, dodgy

    Derived terms

    * sneaky pete * sneaky suspicion * sneaky romainians

    Related terms

    * sneak

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