Polish English Dictionary

podstępny in English:

1. deceitful

It was very deceitful of you, but I already had the information.

a deceitful politician >>> such an act would have been deceitful and irresponsible

It was very deceitful of you

Although his company's office look deary from the outside, appearances can be deceitful.

Lucy is very deceitful because she is always lying about things that have happened

His manner was sly and deceitful.

I think Tom is deceitful

We could not have expected anything better from the Italian Government, supported by a boorishly Communist left and by a deceitful and hypocritical centre-left.

Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.

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2. sneaky

No matter how sneaky you are, you can never surprise yourself.

You sneaky bastard!

Don't trust him. He's a sneaky son of a bitch.

“sneaky, underhanded tactics”

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3. insidious

We think this is an insidious question.

the insidious effects of gossip

But history seems to have insidious ways of following him around.

Most people with this insidious disease have no idea that they are infected

In junior high and high schools, they say insidious forms of bullying are on the rise.

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4. devious

You set me up yesterday. You are a devious little woman, aren't you, Becky?

He took us by a devious route to the center of the city.

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5. underhand

His brother's been involved in some underhand dealings

Reports of spying and underhand tactics came flooding to us.

I promise you there’s nothing underhand about this agreement.

I would never have expected her to behave in such an underhand way.

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6. tricky

This path can be tricky.

Is this a tricky question?

He's a tricky person

I can get you tickets for the show but it’ll be tricky.

Is this a tricky question? (Czy to jest podchwytliwe pytanie?)

Operation of this computer is tricky.

He is clever but tricky.

I don't quite follow, but it looks like it will prove tricky. Ergh.

Crutches are pretty tricky ... "Excuse me, stretcher coming through!"

English word "podstępny"(tricky) occurs in sets:

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7. stealth

They used stealth to defeat the enemy.

These thieves operate with terrifying stealth - they can easily steal from the pockets of unsuspecting travellers.

The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth and have it found out by accident.

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8. cunning

He's cunning.

a cunning and resourceful criminal

It is said that the fox is more cunning than any other animal.

The fox was very cunning. He waited until the door of the chicken coop was left open and then snuck inside.

That's just how cunning North Korea (and China) is.

He makes believe that he is a practical statesman, but in really he is a cunning politician.

The Sphinx had eaten hundreds of people on their way to the city of Thebes, because they could not answer the riddle the cunning Sphinx had asked them.

Time and again they risk their lives in search of cunning new escape routes. Cunning as a fox.

The thief is very cunning, it won't be easy to catch him.

"He was a most cunning and courageous warrior," Thrawn continued.

He's as cunning as a fox. / 2. He thinks he's so cunning. / 3. I admit my cunning plan backfired.

I didn't know that Peter is so cunning.

So he had to think of something much more cunning

I am a cunning because can find a good way out in a difficult situation.

The Parisian police, he said, "are exceedingly able in their way. They are persevering, ingenious, cunning, and thoroughly versed in the knowledge which their duties seem chiefly to demand."

English word "podstępny"(cunning) occurs in sets:

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9. treacherous

His treacherous behaviour made them all feel anxious.

You can be every kind of treacherous thing at once!

It is just going to be a more treacherous road.

The President spoke of the treacherous intentions of the enemy.

treacherous road, sea, waters

Ice had made the roads treacherous.

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2. If the ground or sea is treacherous, it is extremely dangerous, especially because of bad weather conditions: Snow and ice have left many roads treacherous, and drivers are warned to use caution.

A man drowned while trying to rescue a friend struggling in the river's treacherous waters.

Yet, at the same time, the economic upturn in Europe is threatened by a particularly treacherousversion of globalisation, in the shape of financial markets without frontiers.

English word "podstępny"(treacherous) occurs in sets:

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