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irreptitiously

irreptitiously adverb: in an irreptitious manner.

Adverb

irreptitiously (comparative more irreptitiously, superlative most irreptitiously)

  1. In an irreptitious manner.
    • A quadrant is a curvilinear angle traversing round and at an equal distance from a given point, called a centre, no two points in the curve being at the same angle, but irreptitiously graduating from 90 to 60.1972, Augustus De Morgan, A Budget of Paradoxes Reprinted, with the Author's Additions, from the Athenaeum Augustus De Morgan, page 255

Forms of irreptitiously

comparativemore irreptitiously
superlativemost irreptitiously

Origin of irreptitiously

From irreptitious + -ly.

Questions about irreptitiously

What does irreptitiously mean?
Irreptitiously means in an irreptitious manner.
What part of speech is irreptitiously?
Irreptitiously is an adverb.

Words near irreptitiously in the dictionary

  1. irreprovably
  2. irreps
  3. irreption
  4. irreptions
  5. irreptitious
  6. irreptitiously
  7. irrepublican
  8. irrepudiable
  9. irrepugnable
  10. irreputable
  11. irrescindable

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