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surreptitiously

[sur-uhp-tish-uhs-lee]

adverb

  1. in a secret or unauthorized way; stealthily.

    After it surreptitiously installs itself on a user's phone, the spyware program can steal credit card numbers, passwords, and other personal information.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of surreptitiously1

First recorded in 1580–90; surreptitious ( def. ) + -ly
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Murderbot is stoic but awkward and unaccustomed to human emotions, which it learns about by surreptitiously watching hours of soap operas.

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When Google released smart glasses in 2013 that could shoot photos and videos, the company faced concerns about people using the device to surreptitiously record other people or read text while ignoring others.

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Trump surreptitiously visited the Qatari plane in Palm Beach, near his Mar-a-Lago resort, just a few weeks after the start of his second term in office.

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Trump surreptitiously visited the aircraft in question in mid-February, just a few weeks after the start of his second term in office.

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Films that were once surreptitiously passed around via bootleg videos are getting their first theatrical run in the country.

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