"surreptitiously" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /sʌɹəpˈtɪʃəsli/ [UK] Audio: en-us-surreptitiously.ogg [US], en-au-surreptitiously.ogg [Australia] Forms: more surreptitiously [comparative], most surreptitiously [superlative]
Etymology: From surreptitious + -ly. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|surreptitious|ly}} surreptitious + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} surreptitiously (comparative more surreptitiously, superlative most surreptitiously)
  1. In a surreptitious manner; stealthily, furtively, secretly. Synonyms: furtively, secretly, stealthily Translations (in a surreptitious manner): gizli (Azerbaijani), скришом (skrišom) (Bulgarian), крадешком (kradeškom) (Bulgarian), subreptíciament (Catalan), d'amagat (Catalan), d'amagatotis (Catalan), celadament (Catalan), furtivament (Catalan), amagadament (Catalan), tajně (Czech), skrytě (Czech), potají (Czech), hemmeligt (Danish), clandestien (Dutch), vaivihkaa (Finnish), salaa (Finnish), subrepticement (French), furtivement (French), heimlich (German), gan fhios (Irish), furtivamente (Italian), di nascosto (Italian), bi dizîkî (Northern Kurdish), bi nehînî (Northern Kurdish), bi razberî (Northern Kurdish), i smug (Norwegian Bokmål), i skjul (Norwegian Bokmål), i løyndom (Norwegian Bokmål), sub-repticiamente (Portuguese), furtivamente (Portuguese), disfarçadamente (Portuguese), pe ascuns (Romanian), pe furiș (Romanian), тайко́м (tajkóm) (Russian), potajice (Serbo-Croatian), sir (Somali), subrepticiamente (Spanish), a hurtadillas (Spanish), i smyg (Swedish), gizli (Turkish), gizlice (Turkish), el altından (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-surreptitiously-en-adv-6Y0HRbiC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ly

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      "sense": "in a surreptitious manner",
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      "sense": "in a surreptitious manner",
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      "sense": "in a surreptitious manner",
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      "sense": "in a surreptitious manner",
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      "sense": "in a surreptitious manner",
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      "sense": "in a surreptitious manner",
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      "sense": "in a surreptitious manner",
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      "sense": "in a surreptitious manner",
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      "sense": "in a surreptitious manner",
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