Surreptitiously

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  surreptitiously
       adv : in a surreptitious manner; "he was watching her
             surreptitiously as she waited in the hotel lobby" [syn:
              {sneakily}]