Accomplished or enjoyed by stealth, secret. Of a marriage: cf. steal, v.1 5d.
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| 释义 | the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > [adjective] > accomplished by stealth (25) stolenc1400 Accomplished or enjoyed by stealth, secret. Of a marriage: cf. steal, v.1 5d. secret1548 Kept from knowledge or observation; hidden, concealed. Of actions, negotiations, agreements, etc.: Done or entered into with the intention of being… clandestine1566 Secret, private, concealed; usually in bad sense, implying craft or deception; underhand, surreptitious. stealed1577 = stolen, adj. backdoor1581 figurative; also attributive = Unworthily secret, clandestine. underhand1592 Secret, clandestine, surreptitious. Also absol. surreptitial1602 = surreptitious, adj.2 surreptitious?1615 transferred. Acting by stealth or secretly; †taking by stealth, appropriating secretly (obsolete); stealthy, crafty, sly. furtive1628 Done by stealth or with the hope of escaping observation; clandestine, surreptitious, secret, unperceived. surreptious1630 Surreptitious. by1633 figurative. Cf. by-, comb._form 3 c, d, 4, 5: often coupled with another epithet, as by and sinister… Privy, clandestine, secret, underhand. surreptive1633 = surreptitious, adj.1 1. subreptitious1641 Secret; clandestine; = surreptitious, adj.1 2a. surreptitious1645 Taken, obtained, used, done, etc. by stealth, secretly, or ‘on the sly’; secret and unauthorized; clandestine. postern1648 figurative. Dishonourable, clandestine; inferior, lesser. Also: situated at the back or behind. Obsolete. backstairs1663 esp. attributive. Of, pertaining to, or employing underhand intrigue at court. (Occasionally backstair.) Also (in attributive use) clandestine… smuggled1707 Imported, brought in, conveyed, etc., by stealth. underneath1747 Underhand; secret. rare. underhanded1806 = underhand, adj. 2. hidlingsa1810 Hidden, secret, underhand, clandestine. hole-and-corner1835 Done or happening in a ‘hole and corner’, or place which is not public; secret, private, clandestine, under-hand. Contemptuously opposed to ‘public’… side door1862 Achieved, acquired, etc., by indirect or surreptitious means; esp. (of an arrangement or agreement) unofficial, ‘shady’. under-cover1933 Surreptitious, covert. Of an activity: conducted or existing in secret. under the table1938 In a clandestine or underhand way; secretly; illicitly. Frequently attributive (usually hyphenated): secret, hidden, done in a clandestine or… crafty1946 Chiefly British (colloquial). Of an activity, etc.: characterized by stealth or secrecy; undertaken or done furtively or surreptitiously. |
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