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-adjective 1. obtained, done, made, etc., by stealth; secret or unauthorized; clandestine: a surreptitious glance. 2. acting in a stealthy way. 3. obtained by subreption; subreptitious.
---- Origin:
1400-50; late ME < L surreptīcius stolen, clandestine, equiv. to surrept(us), ptp. of surripere to steal, (sur- sur- 2 + rep-, comb. form of rapere to snatch, rape 1 + -tus ptp. suffix) + -īcius -itious
Related forms:
surâ‹…repâ‹…tiâ‹…tiousâ‹…ly, adverb
surâ‹…repâ‹…tiâ‹…tiousâ‹…ness, noun-adjective 1. obtained, done, made, etc., by stealth; secret or unauthorized; clandestine: a surreptitious glance.2. acting in a stealthy way. 3. obtained by subreption; subreptitious.
---- Origin:
1400-50; late ME < L surreptīcius stolen, clandestine, equiv. to surrept(us), ptp. of surripere to steal, (sur- sur- 2 + rep-, comb. form of rapere to snatch, rape 1 + -tus ptp. suffix) + -īcius -itious
Related forms:
surâ‹…repâ‹…tiâ‹…tiousâ‹…ly, adverb
surâ‹…repâ‹…tiâ‹…tiousâ‹…ness, noun
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∙ 11y agoThe word surreptitiously is an adverb. It means to do something in a surreptitious manner.
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A sentence with the word surreptitious?
He was so surreptitious about his drinking that no one at work knew had a problem.
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When the media reported the surreptitious business deals with the legislator's brother, the public demanded a thorough investigation
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surreptitious or secret
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She made a surreptitious attempt to peek at the test answers on her classmate's desk.
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