a. [f. SNEAK sb.]
1. Of persons: Like or resembling a sneak; mean, paltry, sneaking.
1833. Christmas Improvement, ii. (1841), 32. She is a nasty sneaky thing, for she is always trying to make us say things that are not true.
1873. Miss Broughton, Nancy, I. 142. ‘Did you ever see such a fool as I look?’ say I, feeling very sneaky.
2. Characterized by, partaking of, sneaking.
1860. G. H. Kingsley, Sport & Trav. (1900), 224. The blue hare … pestering your pointers and setters with his sneaky draws, and foolishly astute meanderings.
1865. E. Burritt, Walk to Land’s End, 333. We attribute a mean, sneaky, hypocritical mind to Mr. Pecksniff.
1868. Boyd, Less. Middle Age, 256. That sneaky way in which some people are able to insinuate evil against their neighbours.
