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surreptitious 音标拼音: [s ,ɚəpt'ɪʃəs] a. 秘密的,暗中的,偷偷摸摸的 秘密的,暗中的,偷偷摸摸的 surreptitious adj 1: marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed; " a furtive manner"; " a sneak attack"; " stealthy footsteps"; " a surreptitious glance at his watch" [ synonym: { furtive}, { sneak( a)}, { sneaky}, { stealthy}, { surreptitious}] 2: conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods; " clandestine intelligence operations"; " cloak- and- dagger activities behind enemy lines"; " hole- and- corner intrigue"; " secret missions"; " a secret agent"; " secret sales of arms"; " surreptitious mobilization of troops"; " an undercover investigation"; " underground resistance" [ synonym: { clandestine}, { cloak- and- dagger}, { hole- and- corner( a)}, { hugger- mugger}, { hush- hush}, { secret}, { surreptitious}, { undercover}, { underground}] Surreptitious \ Sur` rep* ti" tious\, a. [ L. surreptitius, or subreptitius, fr. surripere, subripere, to snatch away, to withdraw privily; sub- under rapere to snatch. See { Sub-}, and { Ravish}.] 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. -- { Sur` rep* ti" tious* ly}, adv. [ 1913 Webster] 70 Moby Thesaurus words for " surreptitious": artful, back- door, backstairs, calculating, chiseling, clandestine, collusive, concealed, covert, covinous, crafty, cunning, deceitful, doggo, false, falsehearted, feline, finagling, fraudulent, furtive, guileful, hidden, hidden out, hidlings, hole- and- corner, hugger- mugger, hush- hush, in ambush, in hiding, in the wings, indirect, insidious, lurking, on the sly, on tiptoe, private, privy, prowling, pussyfoot, pussyfooted, quiet, scheming, secret, secretive, sharp, shifty, skulking, slinking, slinky, slippery, sly, sneaking, sneaky, stealing, stealthy, treacherous, trickish, tricky, two- faced, under cover, under- the- counter, under- the- table, undercover, underground, underhand, underhanded, unobtrusive, veiled, waiting concealed, wily
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