All 3 Uses of
surreptitious
in
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
- The midwife surreptitiously confiscated the caul and later sold it to a sailor from the Brooklyn Navy Yard for two dollars.
Chpt 9 *surreptitiously = secretly
- But most came just to touch the boughs and surreptitiously pinch a fingerful of spruce needles together to release the fragrance.†
Chpt 27
- Nolan," he said, surreptitiously referring to the slip of paper on which the orderly had written her name and address, "I sympathize with you in your great grief.†
Chpt 36
Definition:
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(surreptitious) done secretly or in a manner that avoids notice