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English

Etymology

From surrepticius.

Adjective

  1. stealthy, furtive, hidden|well hidden, covert (especially movements)


Translations

Derived terms


fr:surreptitious io:surreptitious hu:surreptitious ta:surreptitious te:surreptitious vi:surreptitious zh:surreptitious

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet surreptitious
adj 1: marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to
avoid being observed; "a furtive manner"; "a lurking
prowler"; "a sneak attack"; "stealthy footsteps"; "a
surreptitious glance at his watch"; "someone skulking
in the shadows" [syn: furtive, lurking, skulking,
sneak(a), sneaky, stealthy]
2: conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods;
"clandestine intelligence operations"; "cloak-and-dagger
activities behind enemy lines"; "hole-and-corner
intrigue"; "secret missions"; "a secret agent"; "secret
sales of arms"; "surreptitious mobilization of troops";
"an undercover investigation"; "underground resistance"
[syn: clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner(a),
hugger-mugger, hush-hush, on the quiet(p), secret,
undercover, underground]
Moby Dictionary
artful , back-door , backstairs , calculating , chiseling , clandestine ,
collusive , concealed , covert , covinous , crafty , cunning , deceitful ,
doggo , false , falsehearted , feline , finagling , fraudulent , furtive ,
guileful , hidden , hidden out , hidlings , hole-and-corner ,
hugger-mugger , hush-hush , in ambush , in hiding , in the wings ,
indirect , insidious , lurking , on the sly , on tiptoe , private ,
privy , prowling , pussyfoot , pussyfooted , quiet , scheming , secret ,
secretive , sharp , shifty , skulking , slinking , slinky , slippery ,
sly , sneaking , sneaky , stealing , stealthy , treacherous , trickish ,
tricky , two-faced , under cover , under-the-counter , under-the-table ,
undercover , underground , underhand , underhanded , unobtrusive ,
veiled , waiting concealed , wily


SURREPTITIOUS. That which is done in a fraudulent stealthy manner.
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