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Definition of sneaking in English: sneakingadjective ˈsniːkɪŋˈsnikɪŋ 1attributive (of a feeling) persistent in one's mind but reluctantly held or not fully recognized. （感情）隐藏心中的，暗中的，潜在萦绕的，暗暗扰人不止的 I've a sneaking suspicion they'll do well 我一直暗自猜想他们会干得不错。 Example sentencesExamples - Do you ever get that itching in your mind, that sneaking suspicion that you know the answer to the question, you just don't have it on instant recall?
- I have a sneaking feeling that I am rather fond of period instruments, especially in the woodwind.
- Out of all of this, I suppose, is a sneaking admiration for the way in which two concepts have been linked in the public's mind without any formal legal covenants.
- I have a sneaking feeling that I might have an allergy to beer.
- Personally, I must confess to a sneaking admiration for his acumen, if not for his artistic integrity, but I would not attempt to justify his methods.
- On this occasion, I have to confess a sneaking sympathy with building societies.
- However, you really must have a sneaking admiration for a man who can totally divert us like that, who can get us to take our eyes off the ball so easily.
- This reviewer retains a sneaking feeling that he may be too generous.
- I have a sneaking feeling that I've written about this before, but bear with me as my abandonment of the railway has opened up whole new vistas to me.
- I have a sneaking feeling though, that the only people who managed to get tickets at the correct prices were the agencies who now seem to be awash with them.
- I'd always had a sneaking admiration for really good pop.
- Personally, I have a sneaking admiration for anyone daring enough to hi-jack such unwieldy vehicles.
- Yet I have a sneaking feeling that neither of them will return from Athens as ‘the world's fastest man’.
- A sneaking apprehension remains at the top of my mind.
- But we have to admit to a sneaking admiration for her.
- They're detestable creatures, certainly, but it's hard not to have a sneaking admiration for them.
- I had a sneaking feeling that somehow the sun managed to burn me through my shirt, but I was afraid to look.
- I have this sneaking feeling that I might not agree with many of the opinions of this man on - say - pretty much anything ever.
- From Thursday on I had this sneaking feeling that this was going to be my week, but it was not to be.
- He knew that the ruling class are in some ways as much outsiders as vagrants and dossers, which is why the landowner has a sneaking sympathy for the poacher.
Synonyms secret, private, hidden, concealed, innermost, inward, unexpressed, unvoiced, undisclosed, undeclared, undivulged, unconfessed, unavowed niggling, nagging, lurking, insidious, lingering, gnawing, unrelenting, slight but persistent, worrying, concerning 2informal attributive Furtive and contemptible. 〈非正式〉偷偷摸摸的，可鄙的 an unpleasant, sneaking habit 令人讨厌的偷偷摸摸的习惯。 Synonyms sly, crafty, cunning, wily, clever, artful, scheming, devious, guileful, tricky, conniving, designing, deceitful, duplicitous, dishonest, disingenuous, underhand, untrustworthy, unscrupulous, double-dealing
Derivativesadverb I'm going for drinks with a couple of girl friends tomorrow night, and then on Saturday there's the rugby which I sneakingly hope New Zealand will win. Example sentencesExamples - They failed to notice 2 figures silently and sneakingly approaching the ship.
- And in this way the students are so busy enjoying this ice cream sundae that they don't notice that I'm very sneakingly getting them to eat their spinach.
- A self-confessed ‘petrol-head’, his smug approach may make him an irritation but perhaps deep down much of the west of Scotland sneakingly admires the man.
- I'm always sneakingly envious of the massive precision of combinatory languages such as German or Japanese, that generate words for concepts such as ‘the rush of yearning caused by seeing the moon unexpectedly through trees’.
Definition of sneaking in US English: sneakingadjectiveˈsnēkiNGˈsnikɪŋ 1(of a feeling) persistent in one's mind but reluctantly held or not fully recognized; nagging. （感情）隐藏心中的，暗中的，潜在萦绕的，暗暗扰人不止的 I've a sneaking suspicion they'll do well 我一直暗自猜想他们会干得不错。 Example sentencesExamples - Yet I have a sneaking feeling that neither of them will return from Athens as ‘the world's fastest man’.
- From Thursday on I had this sneaking feeling that this was going to be my week, but it was not to be.
- But we have to admit to a sneaking admiration for her.
- A sneaking apprehension remains at the top of my mind.
- I had a sneaking feeling that somehow the sun managed to burn me through my shirt, but I was afraid to look.
- I'd always had a sneaking admiration for really good pop.
- However, you really must have a sneaking admiration for a man who can totally divert us like that, who can get us to take our eyes off the ball so easily.
- I have a sneaking feeling that I am rather fond of period instruments, especially in the woodwind.
- I have a sneaking feeling though, that the only people who managed to get tickets at the correct prices were the agencies who now seem to be awash with them.
- Do you ever get that itching in your mind, that sneaking suspicion that you know the answer to the question, you just don't have it on instant recall?
- He knew that the ruling class are in some ways as much outsiders as vagrants and dossers, which is why the landowner has a sneaking sympathy for the poacher.
- This reviewer retains a sneaking feeling that he may be too generous.
- Personally, I must confess to a sneaking admiration for his acumen, if not for his artistic integrity, but I would not attempt to justify his methods.
- I have a sneaking feeling that I've written about this before, but bear with me as my abandonment of the railway has opened up whole new vistas to me.
- I have this sneaking feeling that I might not agree with many of the opinions of this man on - say - pretty much anything ever.
- I have a sneaking feeling that I might have an allergy to beer.
- On this occasion, I have to confess a sneaking sympathy with building societies.
- Out of all of this, I suppose, is a sneaking admiration for the way in which two concepts have been linked in the public's mind without any formal legal covenants.
- They're detestable creatures, certainly, but it's hard not to have a sneaking admiration for them.
- Personally, I have a sneaking admiration for anyone daring enough to hi-jack such unwieldy vehicles.
Synonyms secret, private, hidden, concealed, innermost, inward, unexpressed, unvoiced, undisclosed, undeclared, undivulged, unconfessed, unavowed niggling, nagging, lurking, insidious, lingering, gnawing, unrelenting, slight but persistent, worrying, concerning 2informal Furtive and contemptible. 〈非正式〉偷偷摸摸的，可鄙的 an unpleasant, sneaking habit 令人讨厌的偷偷摸摸的习惯。 Synonyms sly, crafty, cunning, wily, clever, artful, scheming, devious, guileful, tricky, conniving, designing, deceitful, duplicitous, dishonest, disingenuous, underhand, untrustworthy, unscrupulous, double-dealing
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