Sample Sentences for
surreptitious
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    ...friend who's surreptitiously hidden some of our things for us!  (source)
    surreptitiously = secretly
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    They joined the stream of witches and wizards moving toward the golden gates at the end of the hall, looking around as surreptitiously as possible, but there was no sign of the distinctive figure of Dolores Umbridge.  (source)
    surreptitiously = secretly or in a manner not to be noticed
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    Surreptitiously, Denver pinches a piece of Beloved's skirt between her fingers and holds on.  (source)
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    Beside it was one of the nozzles that Mr. Caton had surreptitiously built.  (source)
    surreptitiously = secretly
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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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    The caution, the surreptitiousness, which had clothed it was now gone.†  (source)
    standard 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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    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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    in March 1934 he hired three Sherpas, disguised himself as a Buddhist monk, and, defying the authorities of the Raj, surreptitiously trekked 300 miles through the forests of Sikkim and the sere Tibetan plateau.  (source)
    surreptitiously = secretly
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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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    ...looking up surreptitiously at me over his glasses.  (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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    He studied the photograph surreptitiously and then closed the magazine and put it back where it belonged, on the top shelf.  (source)
    surreptitiously = secretly or in a manner not to be noticed
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