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1 surreptitious
Marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed:
— A surreptitious glance at his watch.
synoniemen: furtive, sneak, sneaky, stealthy.
Roget 545:
deceived
etc.
v.;
deceiving
&c.;
cunning
etc.
702;
prestigious†,
prestigiatory†;
deceptive,
deceptious†;
deceitful,
covinous†;
delusive,
delusory;
illusive,
illusory;
elusive,
insidious,
ad captandum vulgus [Lat.].
untrue
etc.
546;
mock,
sham,
make-believe,
counterfeit,
snide [Slang],
pseudo,
spurious,
supposititious,
so-called,
pretended,
feigned,
trumped up,
bogus,
scamped,
fraudulent,
tricky,
factitious bastard;
surreptitious,
illegitimate,
contraband,
adulterated,
sophisticated;
unsound,
rotten at the core;
colorable;
disguised;
meretricious,
tinsel,
pinchbeck,
plated;
catchpenny;
Brummagem.
artificial,
synthetic,
ersatz [G.];
simulated
etc.
544.
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Roget 546:
untrue,
false,
phony,
trumped up;
void of foundation,
without-foundation;
fictive,
far from the truth,
false as dicer's oaths;
unfounded,
ben trovato [It],
invented,
fabulous,
fabricated,
forged;
fictitious,
factitious,
supposititious,
surreptitious;
elusory†,
illusory;
ironical;
soi-disant [Fr.]
etc.
(misnamed)
565.
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2 surreptitious
Conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods:
— Surreptitious mobilization of troops.
synoniemen: clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner, hugger-mugger, hush-hush, secret, undercover, underground.
Roget 528:
concealed
etc.
v.;
hidden;
secret,
recondite,
mystic,
cabalistic,
occult,
dark;
cryptic,
cryptical†;
private,
privy,
in petto,
auricular,
clandestine,
close,
inviolate;
tortuous.
behind a screen
etc.
530;
undercover,
under an eclipse;
in ambush,
in hiding,
in disguise;
in a cloud,
in a fog,
in a mist,
in a haze,
in a dark corner;
in the shade,
in the dark;
clouded,
wrapped in clouds,
wrapt in clouds†;
invisible
etc.
447;
buried,
underground,
perdu [Fr.];
secluded
etc.
893.
undisclosed
etc.
529,
untold
etc.
527;
covert
etc.
(latent)
526;
untraceable;
mysterious
etc.
(unintelligible)
519.
irrevealable†,
inviolable;
confidential;
esoteric;
not to be spoken of;
unmentionable.
obreptitious†,
furtive,
stealthy,
feline;
skulking
etc.
v.;
surreptitious,
underhand,
hole and corner;
sly
etc.
(cunning)
702;
secretive,
evasive;
reserved,
reticent,
uncommunicative,
buttoned up;
close,
close as wax;
taciturn
etc.
585.
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