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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, μυστικόςFrom 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. salavihkainenFrom Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
surreptitious Engelska a. förstulen, hemlig, fördoldFrom English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Surreptitious /səɹɪptˈɪʃəs/ سرّيFrom English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]
surreptitious //səˌɹɛpˈtɪʃəs// //ˌsɛɹəpˈtɪʃəs// //ˌsʌɹəpˈtɪʃəs// //ˌsʌɹɪpˈtɪʃəs//From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]подмолен, прикрит, таен stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert
surreptitious /səɹɪptˈɪʃəs/From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]kradmý
surreptitious /səɹɪptˈɪʃəs/ heimlich, verstohlenFrom English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]
surreptitious //səˌɹɛpˈtɪʃəs// //ˌsɛɹəpˈtɪʃəs// //ˌsʌɹəpˈtɪʃəs// //ˌsʌɹɪpˈtɪʃəs//From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]salainen, salamyhkäinen stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert
surreptitious /səɹɪptˈɪʃəs/From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]1. गुप्त "He has left the surreptitious job."
surreptitious /səɹɪptˈɪʃəs/ krišom urađen, potajanFrom 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. rejtettFrom English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:eng-pol ]
surreptitious /ˌsʌrəpˈtɪʃəs/From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-por ]potajemny
surreptitious /səɹɪptˈɪʃəs/From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]clandestino, escondido, reservadamente
surreptitious //səˌɹɛpˈtɪʃəs// //ˌsɛɹəpˈtɪʃəs// //ˌsʌɹəpˈtɪʃəs// //ˌsʌɹɪpˈtɪʃəs//From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]dold stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert
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 ]
From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) : [ bouvier ]/ˌsɝəpˈtɪʃəs/
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, wilyFrom 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