Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

obreptitiously

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: obrep-ti-tious-ly
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an obreptitious manner.

Example Sentences

"...although they state facts evidently false or controverted , which would allow the charge of their having been surreptitiously or obreptitiously obtained..."

Etymology

From obreptitious + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: obreptitious

Inflected Forms

more obreptitiously (comparative) most obreptitiously (superlative)

Questions

What does obreptitiously mean?: In an obreptitious manner.
Where does obreptitiously come from?: From obreptitious + -ly.

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