surreptitiously en · ADV
Pronunciation
Etymology
Etymology tree English surreptitious Middle English -ly English -ly English surreptitiously From surreptitious + -ly.
Meanings
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In a surreptitious manner; stealthily, furtively, secretly.
They included messages drafted by Epstein alleging that Bill Gates had contracted an STI after having extramarital sex with “Russian girls” and was planning to surreptitiously give French Gates antibiotics.
2026 June 13, Sophie McBain, “‘Have you ever been around someone you just know is evil?’ Melinda French Gates on meeting Jeffrey Epstein, giving away billions, and her post-divorce peace”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:They stayed together during three dances, went out on to the terrace, explored wherever they were permitted to explore, paid two visits to the buffet, and enjoyed themselves much in the same way as if they had been school-children surreptitiously breaking loose from an assembly of grown-ups.
1909 September 9, Archibald Marshall [pseudonym; Arthur Hammond Marshall], “A Court Ball”, in The Squire’s Daughter, London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC, page 9:Hiro and Chuck grab the closest thing they can find to a corner table. Hiro buttonholes a waiter and surreptitiously orders a pitcher of Pub Special, mixed half and half with nonalcoholic beer.
1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, New York: Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 295:While Brown distracted the usually hyperfocused Mangini, safety Kerry Rhodes and linebackers Eric Barton and Jonathan Vilma grabbed a cooler of Gatorade and surreptitiously assumed their positions according to plan.
2007 January 1, Karen Crouse, “With Wild-Card Spot Clinched, Jets Can Finally Talk Playoffs”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Jan 2021:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more surreptitiously | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most surreptitiously | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Synonyms
secretly · stealthily · furtively
Translations (49)
cs potají (in a surreptitious manner) · fi vaivihkaa (in a surreptitious manner) · nl heimelijk (in a surreptitious manner) · ca subreptíciament (in a surreptitious manner) · kmr bi nehînî (in a surreptitious manner) · tr el altından (in a surreptitious manner) · de heimlich (in a surreptitious manner) · fi salaa (in a surreptitious manner) · kmr bi dizîkî (in a surreptitious manner) · it furtivamente (in a surreptitious manner) · da hemmeligt (in a surreptitious manner) · it di nascosto (in a surreptitious manner) · ro pe furiș (in a surreptitious manner) · bg скришом (in a surreptitious manner) · nl clandestien (in a surreptitious manner) · es a hurtadillas (in a surreptitious manner) · es callando (in a surreptitious manner) · nb i løyndom (in a surreptitious manner) · ru тайко́м (in a surreptitious manner) · tr gizli (in a surreptitious manner) · ca d'amagat (in a surreptitious manner) · ca celadament (in a surreptitious manner) · cs skrytě (in a surreptitious manner) · fr furtivement (in a surreptitious manner) · ca furtivament (in a surreptitious manner) · nb i smug (in a surreptitious manner) · bg крадешком (in a surreptitious manner) · cs tajně (in a surreptitious manner) · sh potajice (in a surreptitious manner) · fa محرمانه (in a surreptitious manner) · ro pe ascuns (in a surreptitious manner) · ca amagadament (in a surreptitious manner) · az gizli (in a surreptitious manner) · pl ukradkiem (in a surreptitious manner) · pt furtivamente (in a surreptitious manner) · ga gan fhios (in a surreptitious manner) · pt disfarçadamente (in a surreptitious manner) · pl ukradkowo (in a surreptitious manner) · ca d'amagatotis (in a surreptitious manner) · nb i skjul (in a surreptitious manner) · kmr bi razberî (in a surreptitious manner) · fr subrepticement (in a surreptitious manner) · tr gizlice (in a surreptitious manner) · es subrepticiamente (in a surreptitious manner) · es callandito (in a surreptitious manner) · so sir (in a surreptitious manner) · pl dyskretnie (in a surreptitious manner) · sv i smyg (in a surreptitious manner) · pt sub-repticiamente (in a surreptitious manner)