how to pronounce sneaky

/ˈsniːkiː/

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sneaky is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of sneaky in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… was easy to be sneaky in the library …”

meaning of sneaky

Sneaky means to act in a secretive or surreptitious manner.

sneaky frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word sneaky occurs in english on average 3.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics sneaky can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that sneaky can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;