surreptitiousadjective
uk/ˌsʌr.əpˈtɪʃ.əs/us/ˌsɝː.əpˈtɪʃ.əs/done secretly, without anyone seeing or knowing:
She seemed to be listening to what I was saying, but I couldn't help noticing her surreptitious glances at the clock.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Secrecy and privacy
- anonymity
- anonymize
- anonymous
- backroom
- backstage
- counsel
- dissimulate
- dissimulation
- entre nous
- executive privilege
- furtive
- lid
- lip
- private
- privately
- privileged
- sanctum
- secrecy
- skeleton
- sweep
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surreptitiously
adverb uk/ˌsʌr.əpˈtɪʃ.əs.li/us/ˌsɝː.əpˈtɪʃ.əs.li/
Joe surreptitiously had a look in the answer book.
surreptitiousness
noun [ U ] uk/ˌsʌr.əpˈtɪʃ.əs.nəs/us/ˌsɝː.əpˈtɪʃ.əs.nəs/