All 3 Uses of
surreptitious
in
Gone with the Wind
- "What a fool!" thought Scarlett bitterly, casting a surreptitious glance about her in the hope of being rescued from the conversation.†
Chpt 1.6 *
- But it was the part she did not read that tormented Scarlett, that drove her to surreptitious reading of her sister-in-law's mail.†
Chpt 2.11
- But, after all, he was as stimulating as—well, as a surreptitious glass of brandy!†
Chpt 4.38
Definition:
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(surreptitious) done secretly or in a manner that avoids notice