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surreptitiously

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sur·rep·ti·tious  (sûrp-tshs)
adj.
1. Obtained, done, or made by clandestine or stealthy means.
2. Acting with or marked by stealth. See Synonyms at secret.
[Middle English, from Latin surreptcius, from surreptus, past participle of surripere, to take away secretly : sub-, secretly; see sub- + rapere, to seize; see rep- in Indo-European roots.]
surrep·titious·ly adv.
surrep·titious·ness n.
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Adv.1.surreptitiously - in a surreptitious manner; "he was watching her surreptitiously as she waited in the hotel lobby"
sneakily


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I say nothing of the possible danger if a Woman should ever surreptitiously learn to read and convey to her Sex the result of her perusal of a single popular volume; nor of the possibility that the indiscretion or disobedience of some infant Male might reveal to a Mother the secrets of the logical dialect.
Flatland by Abbott, Edwin View in context
He must carry four hundred pounds about with him till Monday, when the neglect could be surreptitiously repaired; and meanwhile, he was free to pass the afternoon on the encircling divan of the billiard-room, smoking his pipe, sipping a pint of ale, and enjoying to the masthead the modest pleasures of admiration.
Tales and Fantasies by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context
Carey looked at Philip surreptitiously now and then, but the Vicar elaborately ignored him.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
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