SURREPTITIOUS


Meaning of SURREPTITIOUS in English

[adjective] - done secretly, without anyone seeing or knowingShe seemed to be listening to what I was saying, but I couldn't help noticing her surreptitious glances at the clock.Through a series of surreptitious meetings with an informer, the journalists Woodward and Bernstein found out about Watergate.He'd been so surreptitious about his drinking that no one realized he'd become an alcoholic.

Cambridge English vocab.      Кембриджский английский словарь.