So slow, deliberate, and secret as to escape observation

• catlike

  1. Like a cat or cat's; noiseless, stealthy, etc.
  2. Resembling a cat, especially in being quiet or stealthy.
  3. Resembling a cat; feline

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  1. Like a cat or cat's; noiseless, stealthy, etc.
  2. Resembling a cat, especially in being quiet or stealthy.
  3. Resembling a cat; feline

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• feline

  1. Crafty, sly, stealthy, etc.
  2. Of a cat or the cat family
  3. Suggestive of a cat, as in suppleness or stealthiness.

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  1. Crafty, sly, stealthy, etc.
  2. Of a cat or the cat family
  3. Suggestive of a cat, as in suppleness or stealthiness.

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• furtive

  1. Done or acting in a stealthy manner, as if to hinder observation; surreptitious; stealthy; sneaky
  2. Characterized by, acting with, or suggesting stealth or a desire to avoid discovery; surreptitious:

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  1. Done or acting in a stealthy manner, as if to hinder observation; surreptitious; stealthy; sneaky
  2. Characterized by, acting with, or suggesting stealth or a desire to avoid discovery; surreptitious:

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• slinky

  1. Graceful, sinuous, and sleek:
  2. (Informal) Attractively sleek and revealing, as by being, variously, brief, contoured, gauzy, etc.
  3. Sneaking; stealthy; furtive

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  1. Graceful, sinuous, and sleek:
  2. (Informal) Attractively sleek and revealing, as by being, variously, brief, contoured, gauzy, etc.
  3. Sneaking; stealthy; furtive

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• sneaking

  1. Gradually growing or persistent:
  2. Acting in a stealthy, furtive way.
  3. Not admitted or made known to others; secret

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  1. Gradually growing or persistent:
  2. Acting in a stealthy, furtive way.
  3. Not admitted or made known to others; secret

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• stealthy

  1. Characterized by or resembling stealth or secrecy.
  2. Characterized by stealth; secret, furtive, or sly
  3. Marked by or acting with quiet, caution, and secrecy intended to avoid notice.

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  1. Characterized by or resembling stealth or secrecy.
  2. Characterized by stealth; secret, furtive, or sly
  3. Marked by or acting with quiet, caution, and secrecy intended to avoid notice.

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Trickily secret

• furtive

  1. Characterized by, acting with, or suggesting stealth or a desire to avoid discovery; surreptitious:
  2. Done or acting in a stealthy manner, as if to hinder observation; surreptitious; stealthy; sneaky

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  1. Characterized by, acting with, or suggesting stealth or a desire to avoid discovery; surreptitious:
  2. Done or acting in a stealthy manner, as if to hinder observation; surreptitious; stealthy; sneaky

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• secretive

  1. Having a tendency to keep one's thoughts or activities unknown to others:
  2. Tending to conceal one's thoughts, feelings, affairs, etc. from others; reticent; not frank or open
  3. Suggestive of the keeping of secrets:

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  1. Having a tendency to keep one's thoughts or activities unknown to others:
  2. Tending to conceal one's thoughts, feelings, affairs, etc. from others; reticent; not frank or open
  3. Suggestive of the keeping of secrets:

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• sly

  1. Skillful at trickery or deceit; crafty; wily
  2. Stealthy or surreptitious:
  3. Playfully mischievous:

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  1. Skillful at trickery or deceit; crafty; wily
  2. Stealthy or surreptitious:
  3. Playfully mischievous:

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• sneaking

  1. Acting in a stealthy, furtive way.
  2. Cowardly, stealthy, underhanded, or furtive
  3. Not admitted or made known to others; secret

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  1. Acting in a stealthy, furtive way.
  2. Cowardly, stealthy, underhanded, or furtive
  3. Not admitted or made known to others; secret

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• surreptitious

  1. Done, gotten, made, etc. in a secret, stealthy way; clandestine

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  1. Done, gotten, made, etc. in a secret, stealthy way; clandestine

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Marked by treachery or deceit

• devious

  1. Departing from the correct or accepted way; erring:
  2. Not straightforward; shifty:
  3. Deviating from the straight or direct course; roundabout:

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  1. Departing from the correct or accepted way; erring:
  2. Not straightforward; shifty:
  3. Deviating from the straight or direct course; roundabout:

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• disingenuous

  1. Not noble; unbecoming true honor or dignity; mean; unworthy; fake or deceptive.
  2. Not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating:
  3. Slyly deceptive or misleading, typically by means of a pretense of ignorance or unawareness

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  1. Not noble; unbecoming true honor or dignity; mean; unworthy; fake or deceptive.
  2. Not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating:
  3. Slyly deceptive or misleading, typically by means of a pretense of ignorance or unawareness

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• duplicitous

  1. Having duplicity; deceitful
  2. Given to or marked by deliberate deceptiveness in behavior or speech.

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  1. Having duplicity; deceitful
  2. Given to or marked by deliberate deceptiveness in behavior or speech.

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• guileful

  1. Full of guile; deceitfully or treacherously cunning.

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  1. Full of guile; deceitfully or treacherously cunning.

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• indirect

  1. Diverging from a direct course; roundabout.
  2. Not directly planned for; secondary:
  3. Not direct

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  1. Diverging from a direct course; roundabout.
  2. Not directly planned for; secondary:
  3. Not direct

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• lubricious

  1. Having a slippery or smooth quality:
  2. Full of or displaying sexual desire:
  3. Sexually stimulating; salacious:

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  1. Having a slippery or smooth quality:
  2. Full of or displaying sexual desire:
  3. Sexually stimulating; salacious:

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• shifty

  1. Distinguished by frequent changes in direction:
  2. (Informal) Having or showing a tricky or deceitful nature; evasive
  3. Having, displaying, or suggestive of deceitful character; evasive or untrustworthy.

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  1. Distinguished by frequent changes in direction:
  2. (Informal) Having or showing a tricky or deceitful nature; evasive
  3. Having, displaying, or suggestive of deceitful character; evasive or untrustworthy.

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• underhand

  1. (Sports) Executed with the hand brought forward and up from below the level of the shoulder; underarm:
  2. (By extension) dishonest and sneaky; done in a secret or sly manner
  3. (in various ball games, of a ball) thrown etc with the hand brought forward and up from below

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  1. (Sports) Executed with the hand brought forward and up from below the level of the shoulder; underarm:
  2. (By extension) dishonest and sneaky; done in a secret or sly manner
  3. (in various ball games, of a ball) thrown etc with the hand brought forward and up from below

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• underhanded

  1. Underhand:
  2. Acting or done in a deceptive, secret, or sly manner; dishonest and sneaky.
  3. Sly, dishonest, corrupt, cheating.

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  1. Underhand:
  2. Acting or done in a deceptive, secret, or sly manner; dishonest and sneaky.
  3. Sly, dishonest, corrupt, cheating.

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