surreptitious
11surreptitious — adj. Surreptitious is used with these nouns: ↑glance …
12surreptitious — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. stealthy, clandestine. See concealment.Ant., overt. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. clandestine, private, covert; see hidden 2 , secret 3 . See Synonym Study at secret . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus)… …
13surreptitious — sur|rep|ti|tious [ˌsʌrəpˈtıʃəs US ˌsə: ] adj done secretly or quickly because you do not want other people to notice ▪ Rory tried to sneak a surreptitious glance at Adam s wristwatch. >surreptitiously adv >surreptitiousness n [U] …
14surreptitious — sur|rep|ti|tious [ ,sʌrəp tıʃəs ] adjective done or made secretly, so that others will not notice: a surreptitious glance …
15surreptitious — [15] Latin surreptītius meant ‘taken away secretly’. It was formed from the past participle of surripere ‘take away secretly’, a compound verb formed from the prefix sub ‘under’, hence ‘secretly’, and rapere ‘seize’ (source of English rape,… …
16surreptitious — adjective done secretly or quickly because you do not want other people to notice: Robert stole a surreptitious glance at Myrna to see her reaction. surreptitiously adverb surreptitiousness noun (U) …
17surreptitious — adjective a surreptitious glance Syn: secret, secretive, stealthy, clandestine, sneaky, sly, furtive; concealed, hidden, undercover, covert, veiled, cloak and dagger See note at secret Ant …
18surreptitious — UK [ˌsʌrəpˈtɪʃəs] / US adjective done or made secretly, so that others will not notice a surreptitious glance …
19surreptitious — sur•rep•ti•tious [[t]ˌsɜr əpˈtɪʃ əs[/t]] adj. 1) obtained, done, made, etc., by stealth; clandestine; secret: a surreptitious glance[/ex] 2) acting in a stealthy way • Etymology: 1400–50; < L surreptīcius stolen, clandestine =surrept(us), ptp …
20surreptitious — /sʌrəpˈtɪʃəs / (say suruhp tishuhs) adjective 1. obtained, done, made, etc., by stealth; secret and unauthorised; clandestine: a surreptitious glance. 2. acting in a stealthy way. 3. obtained by subreption; subreptitious. {late Middle English,… …
