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surreptitiousness

surreptitiousness noun: the state or quality of being surreptitious.

Noun

surreptitiousness (uncountable)

  1. The state or quality of being surreptitious.
    • Weiwei sees one of the stewards bend his head, then place something on the shrine, a surreptitiousness to his movements.2024, Sarah Brooks, The Cautious Traveller’s Guide to the Wastelands, Wiedenfeld & Nicolson, page 18
    Synonyms:
    surreptition

Synonyms of surreptitiousness

Origin of surreptitiousness

From surreptitious + -ness.

Questions about surreptitiousness

What does surreptitiousness mean?
Surreptitiousness means the state or quality of being surreptitious.
What part of speech is surreptitiousness?
Surreptitiousness is a noun.

Words near surreptitiousness in the dictionary

  1. surreptitious
  2. surreptitious advertisement
  3. surreptitious advertisements
  4. surreptitious advertising
  5. surreptitiously
  6. surreptitiousness
  7. surresponse
  8. surresponses
  9. Surrett
  10. Surretts
  11. surreverence

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