surreptitious meetings.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
sur´rep|ti´tious|ly — sur|rep|ti|tious «SUR uhp TIHSH uhs», adjective. 1. acting by stealth or secretly; stealthy: »a surreptitious look. SYNONYM(S): secret. 2. taken, obtained, used, or done by stealth; secret and unauthorized; clandestine: »surreptitious meetings.… … Useful english dictionary
sur´rep|ti´tious|ness — sur|rep|ti|tious «SUR uhp TIHSH uhs», adjective. 1. acting by stealth or secretly; stealthy: »a surreptitious look. SYNONYM(S): secret. 2. taken, obtained, used, or done by stealth; secret and unauthorized; clandestine: »surreptitious meetings.… … Useful english dictionary
sur·rep·ti·tious — … Useful english dictionary
sur — sur·a·min; sur·anal; sur·base; sur·based; sur·cin·gle; sur·coat; sur·cu·lose; sur·cu·lus; sur·excitation; sur·face·ly; sur·face·man; sur·fac·er; sur·fac·tant; sur·facy; sur·feit·er; sur·fi·cial; sur·fuse; sur·fu·sion; sur·gen·cy; sur·gent;… … English syllables
tious — ab·sten·tious; ad·sci·ti·tious; ad·scrip·ti·tious; ad·ven·ti·tious; ad·ven·ti·tious·ly; ad·ven·ti·tious·ness; am·bi·tious; ap·pe·ti·tious; ar·ti·fac·ti·tious; as·ci·ti·tious; as·sump·tious; bump·tious; cap·tious; cap·tious·ly; car·nap·tious;… … English syllables
rep — demi·rep; di·rep·tion; ir·rep·tion; ir·rep·ti·tious; ob·rep·tion; ob·rep·ti·tious; pro·rep·til·ia; rep·a·ra·ble; rep·a·ra·tion; rep·er·to·ri·al; rep·er·to·ri·um; rep·er·to·ry; rep·e·tend; rep·e·ti·tion; rep·e·ti·tion·al; rep·e·ti·tious;… … English syllables
surreptitious — sur·rep·ti·tious … English syllables
surreptitiously — sur·rep·ti·tious·ly … English syllables
surreptitious — sur•rep•ti•tious [[t]ˌsɜr əpˈtɪʃ əs[/t]] adj. 1) obtained, done, made, etc., by stealth; clandestine; secret: a surreptitious glance[/ex] 2) acting in a stealthy way • Etymology: 1400–50; < L surreptīcius stolen, clandestine =surrept(us), ptp … From formal English to slang
surreptitious — sur|rep|ti|tious [ˌsʌrəpˈtıʃəs US ˌsə: ] adj done secretly or quickly because you do not want other people to notice ▪ Rory tried to sneak a surreptitious glance at Adam s wristwatch. >surreptitiously adv >surreptitiousness n [U] … Dictionary of contemporary English
