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Wily vs Sneaking - What's the difference?

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Wily is a related term of sneaking.


As an adjective wily

is sly, cunning, full of tricks.

As a verb sneaking is

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As a noun sneaking is

the act of one who sneaks.

wily

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • sly, cunning, full of tricks
    • Horatio's new girlfriend is a wily coquette and poor Horatio is too smitten to see it.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    sneaking

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who sneaks.
  • * 1915 , Charmian London, The Log of the Snark (page 108)
    • Then there was much mirth and banter over the swift sneakings for home of certain men carrying large portions of puarka .