All 4 Uses
surreptitious
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Atlas Shrugged
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- She noticed another person who was intensely aware of Galt's presence: Hugh Akston glanced up at him once in a while, involuntarily, almost surreptitiously, as if struggling not to confess the loneliness of a long separation.†
Chpt 3.1 *surreptitiously = secretly or in a manner not to be noticed
- Cherryl unlocked the door and slipped in quietly, almost surreptitiously, as if hoping not to be seen or to see the place which was her home.†
Chpt 3.4
- She noticed the occasional, surreptitious glances that people were throwing in their direction.†
Chpt 3.5surreptitious = done secretly or in a manner that avoids notice
- The rest of them were trying to do it surreptitiously, each attempting to catch a glimpse of the others without letting them catch his own glance.†
Chpt 3.8surreptitiously = secretly or in a manner not to be noticed
Definitions:
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(1)
(surreptitious) done secretly or in a manner that avoids notice
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)