surreptitiously
/sʌɹəpˈtɪʃəsli/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.69 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In a surreptitious manner; stealthily, furtively, secretly.
Example Sentences
- "They stayed together during three dances, went out on to the terrace, explored wherever they were permitted to explore, paid two visits to the buffet, and enjoyed themselves much in the same way as if they had been school-children surreptitiously breaking loose from an assembly of grown-ups."
- "Hiro and Chuck grab the closest thing they can find to a corner table. Hiro buttonholes a waiter and surreptitiously orders a pitcher of Pub Special, mixed half and half with nonalcoholic beer."
- "While Brown distracted the usually hyperfocused Mangini, safety Kerry Rhodes and linebackers Eric Barton and Jonathan Vilma grabbed a cooler of Gatorade and surreptitiously assumed their positions according to plan."
- "They included messages drafted by Epstein alleging that Bill Gates had contracted an STI after having extramarital sex with “Russian girls” and was planning to surreptitiously give French Gates antibiotics."
Etymology
Etymology tree English surreptitious Middle English -ly English -ly English surreptitiously From surreptitious + -ly.
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /sʌɹəpˈtɪʃəsli/
Inflected Forms
more surreptitiously (comparative)
most surreptitiously (superlative)