surreptitious
done secretly to avoid being noticed
Word origin: From Latin surripere, to take away secretly.
Surreptitious in a sentence
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He took a surreptitious glance at the answer key.
The researcher made surreptitious copies of the contested files before the committee could seal the laboratory.
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Critics complained that the documentary's narration was relentlessly blank, hammering home its single thesis so often that viewers felt lectured rather than informed.
Using “surreptitious” well
Surreptitious describes action done secretly to escape notice, carrying a connotation of stealth and often impropriety, opposite to anything overt or open.
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