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Definition
done secretly or in a manner that avoids notice
- When the sound subsided, the silence through the house was deep, dreary, and oppressive, notwithstanding that the tongues of many of the guests had already been loosened by a surreptitious cup or two of wine or spirits.Chapter 1 — The Old Pyncheon Family (38% in)
There are no more uses of "surreptitious" in The House of the Seven Gables.
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