Sneaked stealthily (5)

I believe the answer is:

crept

(Other definitions for crept that I've seen before include "cringed" , "Moved slowly and carefully" , "Crawled" , "Sneaked" , "acted in subservient way" .)

I've seen this clue in the Universal.

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