slinks

Adjective

 * 1) sneaky, underhanded, sly

Etymology
From a (still dialectally attested) verb (compare 🇨🇬), from, from a reduced grade of  (perhaps in confluence with , ). The meaning went from “to crawl, to creep” to “to move slowly, lazily,” “to be lazy,” or, for the adjective, from “slow-moving” to “lazy.” Cognates include 🇨🇬.

Adjective

 * 1) lazy who is given to idleness, who typically does not like, is reluctant to work, to do something