释义
[ sur-uh p-tish -uh s-lee ] SHOW IPA
/ ˌsɜr əpˈtɪʃ əs li / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adverb in a secret or unauthorized way; stealthily: After it surreptitiously installs itself on a user's phone, the spyware program can steal credit card numbers, passwords, and other personal information.
Origin of surreptitiously First recorded in 1580–90; surreptitious + -ly
Words nearby surreptitiously surrebutter, surrejoinder, surrender, surrender value, surreptitious, surreptitiously , surrey, surrogacy, surrogate, surrogate mother, surround
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Example sentences from the Web for surreptitiously Egan claims he was forced to consume alcohol and drugs, while drugs were also surreptitiously added to drinks he consumed.
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Then, shuffling, she surreptitiously grabs the one he chose with her mouth while pretending to cut the deck.
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A man sat opposite her, took out his phone, and surreptitiously photographed her eating.
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Before breaking her heart a second time, he surreptitiously mined intimate details from her life to include in the tale.
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His surreptitiously recorded "47 percent" remarks were the perfect expression of radical Tea Party ideology.
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Barrent said, surreptitiously pinching himself on the inside of the thigh in an effort to stay awake.
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She sat in limp dejection and surreptitiously dabbed her eyes with her moist ball of a handkerchief.
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Let him surreptitiously steal his fowling-piece over the frontier, and we are accused of "arming the disaffected population."
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Eloise had seized and squeezed her surreptitiously in the hall before they came out.
Jewel | Clara Louise Burnham
The real reading, which he did surreptitiously at home was of an entirely different kind.
Papers and proceedings of the thirty-fifth general meeting of the American Library Association, 1913 | Various
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Words related to surreptitiously secretly, covertly, stealthily, privately