English to English
surreptitious
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adjective (a)
- Done or made by stealth, or without proper authority; made or introduced fraudulently; clandestine; stealthy; as, a surreptitious passage in an old manuscript; a surreptitious removal of goods.(adjective)source: webster1913
adjective satellite (s)
- conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods(adj.all)Example:
Surreptitious mobilization of troops.
Synonym:
clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner, hugger-mugger, hush-hush, secret, undercover, undergroundsource: wordnet30