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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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