MEANING
Carried out secretly or discreetly to avoid discovery or attention.
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- surreptitious glance
- surreptitious entry
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She took a surreptitious glance at the sealed envelope.
Their surreptitious visits continued after the house was closed.
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Primary category: literary. Forms: Comparative more surreptitious; superlative most surreptitious. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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