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surreptitiously

[ US /ˌsɝəpˈtɪʃəsɫi/ ]
[ UK /səɹɪptˈɪʃəsli/ ]
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  1. in a surreptitious manner
    he was watching her surreptitiously as she waited in the hotel lobby

How To Use surreptitiously In A Sentence

  • Newsweek's editor was targeted this spring by an internet campaign that used surreptitiously recorded footage showing him, as well as opposition politicians, in compromising situations. Publisher Shuts Russian Weekly
  • If the test fails , the ticket - user has obtained ( perhaps surreptitiously ) another person's ticket.
  • An optimistic theory of evolutionary progress was surreptitiously beginning to replace the pessimistic doctrine of universal decay.
  • The 1827 restrikes are well known because of the rarity of issues for the year, and were most likely surreptitiously made in the late 1850s, some with rusted dies and some overstruck on older quarters (a piece struck on an 1806 quarter is known). Capped Bust Quarter, Large Size, 1815-1828 : Coin Guide
  • So Thomas decided to exact revenge by surreptitiously placing a vicious computer virus on Scott's machine which destroyed his hard drive.
  • The light was so-so, and I took the photos surreptitiously and quickly, as the proprietors of many stores do not like people taking photographs inside.
  • Adware maker 180 solutions has sued seven former distributors for using networks of compromised computers to surreptitiously install its software on users' PCs.
  • His boyfriend at the time felt me up surreptitiously in the back of the car while Derek chattered excitedly to us from the front. G. Roger Denson: MoMA and AA Bronson Present "Queer Cinema: Today and Yesterday"
  • My dad probably viewed it as a way of surreptitiously dosing us with cricket rules, and regrets it to this day.
  • Blinds and windows can be surreptitiously opened.
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