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Surreptitiously meaning

In a surreptitious manner; stealthily, furtively, secretly.

Synonyms of Surreptitiously

Using Surreptitiously

  • The main meaning on this page is: In a surreptitious manner; stealthily, furtively, secretly.
  • Useful related words include: sneakily.
  • In the example corpus, surreptitiously often appears in combinations such as: and surreptitiously, to surreptitiously, they surreptitiously.

Context around Surreptitiously

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.9 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 14 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Surreptitiously

  • In this selection, "surreptitiously" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, tellers, someone, weaving, downloaded, makes and slip stand out and add context to how "surreptitiously" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include are held surreptitiously in a and before they surreptitiously slip a. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "surreptitiously" sits close to words such as aas, abdicated and abled, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with surreptitiously

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Afraid of being noticed, Lewis surreptitiously snapped a picture of them. (11 words)

As he leaves, one of the tellers surreptitiously makes a phone call. (12 words)

Lawsuit alleges that Apple concealed issues with batteries in certain iPhone models and "surreptitiously" installed a power management tool. (19 words)

In second grade, I got in trouble for surreptitiously devouring “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” under my desk during other lessons because I couldn’t stand that my class was reading it one chapter at a time. (39 words)

Héloïse — opposed to the impending nuptials — has refused to sit for portraits before, and at first Marianne must do her job surreptitiously, studying her subject carefully during outings under the guise of having been hired as her companion. (38 words)

Not to mentioned, Dr. Albert Einstein, who, due to the security risk his celebrity posed, was not invited to New Mexico, but is rumored to have surreptitiously contributed when called upon – and many, many others. (35 words)

Example sentences (20)

Any my personal favorite is Windows Sandbox: a quick, one-click virtual machine that allows you to surf potentially sketchy web sites with little worry of something being surreptitiously downloaded in the background.

As he leaves, one of the tellers surreptitiously makes a phone call.

Eleven years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that police need a warrant before they surreptitiously slip a GPS tracking device onto someone’s car.

Lawsuit alleges that Apple concealed issues with batteries in certain iPhone models and "surreptitiously" installed a power management tool.

Not to mentioned, Dr. Albert Einstein, who, due to the security risk his celebrity posed, was not invited to New Mexico, but is rumored to have surreptitiously contributed when called upon – and many, many others.

And we need to know if official gifts are being handed over to the state or surreptitiously kept for personal use.

As detailed by the New Yorker, the license plate of a pickup truck parked outside Green’s home and containing someone surreptitiously photographing the pizza delivery traced back to Nix.

C-63 is nothing less than a piece of blatantly totalitarian legislation weaving surreptitiously into the fabric of common usage.

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In second grade, I got in trouble for surreptitiously devouring “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” under my desk during other lessons because I couldn’t stand that my class was reading it one chapter at a time.

One group made a spoof episode of 'Through the Keyhole' in which they surreptitiously 'obtained' the keys to Diamond's apartment.

The Supreme Court judgement in reference here has simply made nonsense of this principle, and surreptitiously proclaimed the LGAs, to all intents and purposes, as federating units.

The survey also found that some 40 percent of the city’s total sludge is surreptitiously dumped into rivers or open sewage manholes by private desludging service providers.

Wired’s June 19 story claims that Perplexity has ignored the Robots Exclusion Protocol to surreptitiously scrape areas of websites that publishers do not want bots to access.

Afraid of being noticed, Lewis surreptitiously snapped a picture of them.

Agada said it was rather regrettable that the Rivers State government, which pulled out of the boundary delineation in 2013, surreptitiously filed the action after years of inactivity.

Or a real estate site that used such data to surreptitiously tailor the house listings presented to you based on your assumed religious or ethnic background.

Shows are held surreptitiously in a variety of spaces, from garages and warehouses to private homes, coffee shops and forests.

But, as I mentioned once before, a doctor I once saw took one quickly and surreptitiously before I knew it, likely in cooperation with FBI instructions.

But this week, with former special counsel Robert Mueller testifying before Congress, any bad news that should have hampered tech companies like Facebook was surreptitiously swept under the rug.

Héloïse — opposed to the impending nuptials — has refused to sit for portraits before, and at first Marianne must do her job surreptitiously, studying her subject carefully during outings under the guise of having been hired as her companion.

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Common combinations with surreptitiously

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Frequently asked questions

How do you use "surreptitiously" in a sentence?
An example: "Any my personal favorite is Windows Sandbox: a quick, one-click virtual machine that allows you to surf potentially sketchy web sites with little worry of something being surreptitiously downloaded in the background." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "surreptitiously" from authentic English texts.
What does "surreptitiously" mean?
Surreptitiously means: In a surreptitious manner; stealthily, furtively, secretly.
What are synonyms of "surreptitiously"?
Common synonyms of "surreptitiously" include: sneakily.
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