a. [Cf. SNEAK sb. and v.]

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  † 1.  ? Farcical, ludicrous. Obs.–1

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1570.  Levins, Manip., 145. Sneakish, bardus, mimus.

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  2.  Somewhat sneaky.

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1864.  Carlyle, Fredk. Gt., IV. 302. The sneakish courtly gentleman.

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1897.  ‘Tivoli’ (H. W. Bleakley), Short Innings, xv. 227. Well, it was a beastly, sneakish trick.

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  Hence Sneakishness.

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1895.  A. H. Savage-Landor, Corea, 114. In our minds it [the snake] is generally associated with sneakishness, treachery and perfidy.

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