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English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: surreptitious
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: surreptitious
surreptitious
adj 1: marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to
avoid being observed;
“a furtive manner”;
“a lurking
prowler”;
“a sneak attack”;
“stealthy footsteps”;
“a
surreptitious glance at his watch”;
“someone skulking
in the shadows” [syn:
furtive,
lurking,
skulking,
sneak(a),
sneaky,
stealthy]
2: conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods;
“clandestine intelligence operations”;
“cloak-and-dagger
activities behind enemy lines”;
“hole-and-corner
intrigue”;
“secret missions”;
“a secret agent”;
“secret
sales of arms”;
“surreptitious mobilization of troops”;
“an undercover investigation”;
“underground resistance”
[syn:
clandestine,
cloak-and-dagger,
hole-and-corner(a),
hugger-mugger,
hush-hush,
on the quiet(p),
secret,
undercover,
underground]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Surreptitious
Surreptitious
\Sur`rep*ti"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`rep*ti"tious*ly, adv.
[1913 Webster]
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