Usually means: Done secretly or stealthily; covertly.
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We found 17 dictionaries that define the word surreptitiously:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. surreptitiously: Merriam-Webster
  2. surreptitiously: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. surreptitiously: Collins English Dictionary
  4. surreptitiously: Vocabulary.com
  5. Surreptitiously, surreptitiously: Wordnik
  6. surreptitiously: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. surreptitiously: Wiktionary
  8. surreptitiously: Dictionary.com
  9. surreptitiously: Rhymezone
  10. surreptitiously: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  11. surreptitiously: FreeDictionary.org
  12. surreptitiously: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. surreptitiously: TheFreeDictionary.com
  14. surreptitiously: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. surreptitiously: Legal dictionary

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▸ adverb:  In a surreptitious manner; stealthily, furtively, secretly.

Similar:
sneakily, stealthily, subreptitiously, furtively, clandestinely, sneakishly, sneakingly, secretively, on the sly, covertly, more...

Opposite:
openly, publicly, overtly, frankly

Types:
furtively, clandestinely, secretly, covertly, more...

Phrases:
observe surreptitiously, arrive surreptitiously, leaves surreptitiously, gather info surreptitiously, glance surreptitiously, more...

Colors:
    midnight blue,     shadow gray,     whisper white,     veiled violet, more...

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Similar:
sneakily, stealthily, subreptitiously, furtively, clandestinely, sneakishly, sneakingly, secretively, on the sly, covertly, more...

Opposite:
openly, publicly, overtly, frankly

Types:
furtively, clandestinely, secretly, covertly, more...

Phrases:
observe surreptitiously, arrive surreptitiously, leaves surreptitiously, gather info surreptitiously, glance surreptitiously, move surreptitiously, behaves surreptitiously, canvas surreptitiously, more...

Colors:
    midnight blue,     shadow gray,     whisper white,     veiled violet, more...



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