Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The character of being sneaking; meanness.
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- noun
sneaking orunderhand behaviour;cowardly concealment
Etymologies
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sneaking + -ness
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Examples
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For Nietzsche the saint represents little but sneakingness and slavishness.
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For Nietzsche the saint represents little but sneakingness and slavishness.
Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature William James 1876
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His aspect was a wondrous mixture of sneakingness and smartness, and his expression did most villainously belie him, if he were not as sharp a customer as ever wagged an elbow, or betted on a horse-race.
Warwick Woodlands Things as they Were There Twenty Years Ago Henry William Herbert 1832
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