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subreptitiously

subreptitiously is the obsolete form of surreptitiously.

Meaning of surreptitiously

Adverb

surreptitiously (comparative more surreptitiously, superlative most surreptitiously)

  1. In a surreptitious manner; stealthily, furtively, secretly.
    • They stayed together during three dances, went out on to the terrace, explored wherever they were permitted to explore, paid two visits to the buffet, and enjoyed themselves much in the same way as if they had been school-children surreptitiously breaking loose from an assembly of grown-ups.1909 September 9, Archibald Marshall [pseudonym; Arthur Hammond Marshall], “A Court Ball”, in The Squire’s Daughter, London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC, page 9

Forms of subreptitiously

comparativemore subreptitiously
superlativemost subreptitiously

Questions about subreptitiously

What is subreptitiously the obsolete form of?
Subreptitiously is the obsolete form of surreptitiously.

Words near subreptitiously in the dictionary

  1. subrepresentation
  2. subrepresentations
  3. subreption
  4. subreptions
  5. subreptitious
  6. subreptitiously
  7. subreptive
  8. subrequest
  9. subrequests
  10. subrequirement
  11. subrequirements

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