surreptitious
UK/ˌsʌɹɪpˈtɪʃəs//səˌɹɛpˈtɪʃəs/
surreptitious adjective: stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert (especially movements).
Adjective
surreptitious (comparative more surreptitious, superlative most surreptitious)
- Stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert (especially movements).
- He read the letter aloud. Sophia listened with the studied air of one for whom, even in these days, a title possessed some surreptitious allurement.1921, Ben Travers, chapter 1, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC
- It is also worth noting the case law on prisoners' correspondence which establishes that interception of a person's communications need not be surreptitious in order to amount to an interference with respect to Art 8 (1) [ECHR].1998, Lee A. Bygrave, “Data Protection Pursuant to the Right to Privavy in Human Rights Treaties”, in International Journal of Law and Information Technology, volume 6, number 3, pages 260–261
- Synonyms:
- covert
surreptitious meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
surreptitious in Tamil
- நேர்மையற்ற, மறைமுகமாக அறிமுகப்படுத்தப்பட்ட
surreptitious in Urdu
- ساختہ
surreptitious in Bengali
- গোপন ও চোরাগোপ্তা, নজর এড়িয়ে করা
surreptitious in Malayalam
- കാപട്യത്തോടെ, ഗൂഢമായി, ആരോരുമറിയാതെ
More languagesFewer languages
- surreptitious in Kannada
- ಗುಟ್ಟಾದ, ಗುಟ್ಟಾಗಿ ಮಾಡಿದ, ರಹಸ್ಯದ, ಬಚ್ಚಿಟ್ಟ
Synonyms of surreptitious
Forms of surreptitious
| comparative | more surreptitious |
|---|---|
| superlative | most surreptitious |
Origin of surreptitious
Borrowed from Latin surrēptīcius (“furtive, clandestine”), from surrēpō (“to creep along”).
Words formed from surreptitious
Phrases with surreptitious
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Questions about surreptitious
- What does surreptitious mean?
- Surreptitious means stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert (especially movements).
- What is surreptitious in Tamil?
- Surreptitious in Tamil is நேர்மையற்ற, மறைமுகமாக அறிமுகப்படுத்தப்பட்ட. See Surreptitious meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is surreptitious?
- Surreptitious is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce surreptitious?
- Surreptitious is pronounced /ˌsʌɹɪpˈtɪʃəs/ (UK).
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Adapted from Wiktionary: surreptitious (page history and authors); surreptitious (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); surreptitious (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); surreptitious (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); surreptitious (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); surreptitious (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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