surreptitious : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: surreptitious	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for surreptitious
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
surreptitious adj marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed; "a furtive manner"; "a sneak attack"; "stealthy footsteps"; "a surreptitious glance at his watch" Synonym(s): furtive, sneak(a), sneaky, stealthy, surreptitious 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" Synonym(s): clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner(a), hugger-mugger, hush-hush, secret, surreptitious, undercover, underground
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Surreptitious \Sur`repti"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`repti"tiously}, adv.