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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ 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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  surreptitious
       adj 1: marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to
              avoid being observed; "a furtive manner"; "a lurking
              prowler"; "a sneak attack"; "stealthy footsteps"; "a
              surreptitious glance at his watch"; "someone skulking
              in the shadows" [syn: furtive, lurking, skulking,
               sneak(a), sneaky, stealthy]
       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"
          [syn: clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner(a),
           hugger-mugger, hush-hush, on the quiet(p), secret,
           undercover, underground]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  surreptitious
     Αγγλικά a.
     κρυφό, λαθραίος, μυστικός

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  surreptitious
     a.
     stealthy, furtive, hidden, covert (especially movements).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  surreptitious
     a.
     stealthy, furtive, hidden, covert (especially movements).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  surreptitious
     a.
     stealthy, furtive, hidden, covert (especially movements).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  surreptitious
     a.
     stealthy, furtive, hidden, covert (especially movements).

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  surreptitious
     Englanti a.
     salavihkainen

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  surreptitious
     Engelska a.
     förstulen, hemlig, fördold

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Surreptitious /səɹɪptˈɪʃəs/
  سرّي

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  surreptitious //səˌɹɛpˈtɪʃəs// //ˌsɛɹəpˈtɪʃəs// //ˌsʌɹəpˈtɪʃəs// //ˌsʌɹɪpˈtɪʃəs// 
  подмолен, прикрит, таен
  stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  surreptitious /səɹɪptˈɪʃəs/ 
  kradmý

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  surreptitious /səɹɪptˈɪʃəs/
  heimlich, verstohlen 

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  surreptitious //səˌɹɛpˈtɪʃəs// //ˌsɛɹəpˈtɪʃəs// //ˌsʌɹəpˈtɪʃəs// //ˌsʌɹɪpˈtɪʃəs// 
  salainen, salamyhkäinen
  stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  surreptitious /səɹɪptˈɪʃəs/ 
  1. गुप्त
        "He has left the surreptitious job."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  surreptitious /səɹɪptˈɪʃəs/
  krišom urađen, potajan

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  surreptitious /səɹɪptˈɪʃəs/
  1. lopva tett
  2. meg nem engedett
  3. titkos
  4. tilalmas
  5. alattomos
  6. ál
  7. kalózkiadású
  8. hamis
  9. rejtett

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  surreptitious /ˌsʌrəpˈtɪʃəs/ 
    potajemny

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  surreptitious /səɹɪptˈɪʃəs/ 
  clandestino, escondido, reservadamente

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  surreptitious //səˌɹɛpˈtɪʃəs// //ˌsɛɹəpˈtɪʃəs// //ˌsʌɹəpˈtɪʃəs// //ˌsʌɹɪpˈtɪʃəs// 
  dold
  stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  surreptitious /səɹɪptˈɪʃəs/
  1. gizli, el altından, hile kabilinden
  2. sahtekarca
  3. gizlice yapılmış. surreptitiously  gizlice, al altından, hileli olarak.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˌsɝəpˈtɪʃəs/

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :   [ bouvier ]

  SURREPTITIOUS. That which is done in a fraudulent stealthy manner. 
  
  

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  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
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  a. 秘密的,暗中的,偷偷摸摸的;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 秘密的,暗中的,偷偷摸摸的

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