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subreptive

subreptive adjective: surreptitious.

Adjective

subreptive (comparative more subreptive, superlative most subreptive)

  1. (obsolete) Surreptitious.
  2. Relating to subreption.

Forms of subreptive

comparativemore subreptive
superlativemost subreptive

Origin of subreptive

Latin subreptivus.

Questions about subreptive

What does subreptive mean?
Subreptive means surreptitious.
What part of speech is subreptive?
Subreptive is an adjective.

Words near subreptive in the dictionary

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

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