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Moving like you owe the room an apology you'd rather not give.
means To move, act, or take something quietly and furtively, hoping nobody notices.
from Likely from Old English snican, to creep or crawl, sharing roots with snake — the original low-profile operator. Surfaces in print around Shakespeare's era, slithering ever since.
Shakespeare fanHe used sneak; the word predates dictionaries.
Snake cousinBoth trace back to the same creeping root.
FootwearSneakers named for their soft, silent soles.