surreptitiousness en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English surreptitious Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English surreptitiousness From surreptitious + -ness.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The state or quality of being surreptitious.
Weiwei sees one of the stewards bend his head, then place something on the shrine, a surreptitiousness to his movements.
2024, Sarah Brooks, The Cautious Traveller’s Guide to the Wastelands, Wiedenfeld & Nicolson, page 18: