Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

deep-laid

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.44 in modern English

Syllables: deep--laid
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

secret and carefully planned.

Example Sentences

"Captain Cuttle, in the exercise of that surprising talent for deep-laid and unfathomable scheming, with which (as is not unusual in men of transparent simplicity) he sincerely believed himself to be endowed by nature, […]"
"'Then why did you make every preparation—turn the Republics into armed camps—prepare deep-laid plans for the invasion of our Colonies?'"
"What worried him was the wire-cutting; he could not but believe that it was an important part of the deep-laid labour conspiracy."

Inflected Forms

more deep-laid (comparative) most deep-laid (superlative)

Synonyms

abstruse behind the scenes catlike backroom backstairs stealth clandestine cloak-and-dagger concealed confidential covert deep-laid

Questions

What does deep-laid mean?: secret and carefully planned.

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