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surreptitiously |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Surreptitious \Sur`rep*ti"tious\, a. [L. surreptitius, or subreptitius, fr surripere subripere to snatch away to withdraw privily; sub- under + rapere to snatch. See {Sub-}, and {Ravish}.] Done or made by stealth, or without proper authority; made or introduced fraudulently; clandestine; stealthy; as a surreptitious passage in an old manuscript; a surreptitious removal of goods. -- {Sur`rep*ti"tious*ly}, adv From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: surreptitiously adv : in a surreptitious manner; "he was watching her surreptitiously as she waited in the hotel lobby" [syn: {sneakily}]
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