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She stole a surreptitious glance at him.surreptitious = done secretly or in a manner that avoids notice
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a surreptitious glance at the clock
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Laila meant this less as a joke than as a surreptitious entry into another line of talk, (source)surreptitious = done in a manner that avoids notice
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Harry looked surreptitiously through the doorways as they passed. (source)surreptitiously = secretly
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Langdon could imagine no greater thrill than finding an Illuminati marker-a statue that surreptitiously pointed the way down the Path of Illumination. (source)
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Their car broke down and the mechanic who fixed it surreptitiously cannibalized the motor of parts, putting in used parts instead, for the replacement of which they had to pay the rental company and which resulted in the car breaking down a second time, on their way back. (source)
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...friend who's surreptitiously hidden some of our things for us! (source)surreptitiously = secretly
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And then he remembers his surreptitious identity for the evening: "I'm a freshman at Amherst." (source)surreptitious = (made up) to avoid notice
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The caution, the surreptitiousness, which had clothed it was now gone.† (source)surreptitiousness = secrecystandard suffix: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.
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Holly glanced surreptitiously around the cell. (source)surreptitiously = secretly or in a manner not to be noticed
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I breathed in heavily and breathed out, then did a surreptitious 360. (source)surreptitious = done secretly or in a manner that avoids notice
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Surreptitiously, Denver pinches a piece of Beloved's skirt between her fingers and holds on. (source)Surreptitiously = secretly or in a manner not to be noticed
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Had Judy managed to put together some surreptitious plot to get Mahtob and me out of Iran? (source)surreptitious = secret
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Through this book, which I surreptitiously took from a corner of our bookshelves when I was twelve years old, I discovered why I had no paternal grandparents and why my father never talked about his family. (source)surreptitiously = secretly
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You are surreptitious (source)surreptitious = secretive (avoiding notice)
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began to load their four pieces of luggage into the wagon (into one of them Charity had surreptitiously placed all six of her snapshot albums). (source)surreptitiously = secretly
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