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sneaking

 adjective
     
sneak‧ing

have a sneaking feeling/suspicion/admiration

to have a feeling about something or someone, but to not say anything about it because you are not sure or you might be embarrassed:
I always had a sneaking admiration for him.
She had a sneaking suspicion that he was lying.
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