different between cowardly vs sneaky
cowardly
English
Etymology
From Middle English *cowardli (adjective) and couardli (adverb), equivalent to coward +? -ly. Displaced native Old English earg.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?ka??dli/
Adjective
cowardly (comparative cowardlier or more cowardly, superlative cowardliest or most cowardly)
- Showing cowardice; lacking in courage; weakly fearful.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:cowardly
- 1780, Edmund Burke, speech at The Guildhall, in Bristol
- The cowardly rashness of those who dare not look danger in the face.
Derived terms
- cowardlily
Translations
Adverb
cowardly (comparative more cowardly, superlative most cowardly)
- (archaic) In the manner of a coward, cowardlily.
Translations
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sneaky
English
Etymology
From sneak +? -y.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?sni?ki/
- Rhymes: -i?ki
Adjective
sneaky (comparative sneakier, superlative sneakiest)
- Difficult to catch due to constantly outwitting the adversaries
- Catching those thieves will be hard: they're so sneaky!
- Dishonest; deceitful.
- They played a sneaky trick on us.
Synonyms
- slippery
- evasive, dodgy
Derived terms
- sneaky suspicion
Related terms
- sneak
Translations
Further reading
- sneaky in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- sneaky in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Noun
sneaky (plural sneakies)
- (espionage, slang) Any device used for covert surveillance.
- 1974, Miles Copeland, Without cloak or dagger: the truth about the new espionage (page 244)
- […] in cooperation with the National Security Agency, installs and maintains "sneakies" throughout the U.S.S.R. and Communist China — but increasingly, denied areas are surveyed more simply.
- 1991, Chapman Pincher, The Truth about Dirty Tricks
- […] has used travellers to plant 'sneakies' - small electronic transmitting devices which form part of a surveillance network.
- 1974, Miles Copeland, Without cloak or dagger: the truth about the new espionage (page 244)
Anagrams
- Kaysen, Sankey, Yankes, snakey
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