SURREPTITIOUSLY in a Sentence
Learn SURREPTITIOUSLY from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
Example sentences for SURREPTITIOUSLY, such as:
1. He made a surreptitious entrance to the club through the little door in the brick wall.
2. And the fingers of William's left hand closed firmly, surreptitiously, as the hero approached.
3. The couple seated themselves on the opposite side, and intently but surreptitiously scrutinized her clothes.
2. And the fingers of William's left hand closed firmly, surreptitiously, as the hero approached.
3. The couple seated themselves on the opposite side, and intently but surreptitiously scrutinized her clothes.
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Meanings and Examples of SURREPTITIOUSLY
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surreptitious
a. conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
a. marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed
Classic Sentence:
1 The couple seated themselves on the opposite side, and intently but surreptitiously scrutinized her clothes.
2 And the fingers of William's left hand closed firmly, surreptitiously, as the hero approached.
3 But it was the part she did not read that tormented Scarlett, that drove her to surreptitious reading of her sister-in-law's mail.
Example Sentence:
1 An optimistic theory of evolutionary progress was surreptitiously beginning to replace the pessimistic doctrine of universal decay.
2 Hoping to discover where his mom had hidden the Christmas presents, Timmy took a surreptitious peek into the master bedroom closet.
3 He made a surreptitious entrance to the club through the little door in the brick wall.