Definition of "surreptitiously" [surreptitiously]

• In a surreptitious manner; stealthily, furtively, secretly. (adverb)

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• "If you see a group show up, take their picture, surreptitiously is safer because some of these thugs will hurt you."
• "Now she has realised that by continuing dishonesty Blair and then Flash have succeeded in surreptitiously nudging the state forward but have forfeited the debate, which they have lost."
• "His clothes were rough and half soaked by the rain that had been falling, while it became apparent as we talked that he had landed surreptitiously from a Dutch fishing-boat early that morning and had not dared to show himself."