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English Dictionary: surreptitiously	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for surreptitiously
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
surreptitiously adv in a surreptitious manner; "he was watching her surreptitiously as she waited in the hotel lobby" Synonym(s): surreptitiously, sneakily
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"tious*ly}, adv.