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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed;
- Example: "a furtive manner"
- Example: "a sneak attack"
- Example: "stealthy footsteps"
- Example: "a surreptitious glance at his watch"
[syn: furtive, sneak(a), sneaky, stealthy, surreptitious]

2. conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods;
- Example: "clandestine intelligence operations"
- Example: "cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines"
- Example: "hole-and-corner intrigue"
- Example: "secret missions"
- Example: "a secret agent"
- Example: "secret sales of arms"
- Example: "surreptitious mobilization of troops"
- Example: "an undercover investigation"
- Example: "underground resistance"
[syn: clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner(a), hugger-mugger, hush-hush, secret, surreptitious, undercover, underground]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Surreptitious \Sur`rep*ti"tious\, a. [L. surreptitius, or
   subreptitius, fr. surripere, subripere, to snatch away, to
   withdraw privily; sub- under + rapere to snatch. See Sub-,
   and Ravish.]
   Done or made by stealth, or without proper authority; made or
   introduced fraudulently; clandestine; stealthy; as, a
   surreptitious passage in an old manuscript; a surreptitious
   removal of goods. -- Sur`rep*ti"tious*ly, adv.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

surreptitious
    adj 1: marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to
           avoid being observed; "a furtive manner"; "a sneak
           attack"; "stealthy footsteps"; "a surreptitious glance at
           his watch" [syn: furtive, sneak(a), sneaky,
           stealthy, surreptitious]
    2: conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods;
       "clandestine intelligence operations"; "cloak-and-dagger
       activities behind enemy lines"; "hole-and-corner intrigue";
       "secret missions"; "a secret agent"; "secret sales of arms";
       "surreptitious mobilization of troops"; "an undercover
       investigation"; "underground resistance" [syn: clandestine,
       cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner(a), hugger-mugger,
       hush-hush, secret, surreptitious, undercover,
       underground]