adj.1 covert; kept secret.
2 done by stealth; clandestine.
Derivatives:
surreptitiously adv. surreptitiousness n.
Etymology: ME f. L surrepticius -itius f. surripere surrept- (as SUR-(1), rapere seize)
adj.1 covert; kept secret.
2 done by stealth; clandestine.
Derivatives:
surreptitiously adv. surreptitiousness n.
Etymology: ME f. L surrepticius -itius f. surripere surrept- (as SUR-(1), rapere seize)
Oxford English vocab. Оксфордский английский словарь. 2012