well-disguisedadj.

c1450 King Ponthus (Digby) in Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. (1897) 12 134 So it was neghe the sonne gooyng doune, and men lete theym entre into the hall, wele dysgysed.

1594 Knacke to knowe Knaue sig. C4 But tell me Honestie, am I not well disguised, Can any man discerne me by my lookes to be the King.

a1628 F. Greville Certaine Wks. (1633) ii. 263 All which doe but expresse, how farre greater wonder we stand in of this well-disguised ashes, your flesh, while the wheeles of desire are woond vp, than when they are run out with enioying.

1724 R. Fiddes Gen. Treat. Morality Pref. p. lxxv What we term public spiritedness..is nothing more than a refined and well-disguised hypocrisy.

1806 J. Grahame Birds Scotl. 48 The nest deep-hollowed, well-disguised as if it were a knurll in the bough.

1844 Jrnl. Agric. & Hort. Soc. India 3 53 A head boiler-man listening, with..well disguised contempt, to a long medley of directions from the resident European manager.

1936 Boys' Life June 24/1 We designed a little triangular silver pin..which we thought aroused a mild but well-disguised envy among our friends.

2001 Wall St. Jrnl. 21 Mar. a1/5 These provisions are known as stealth, or backdoor, tax increases because they are well-disguised ways of raising taxes without raising statutory rates.