English-Thai Dictionary

clandestine

ADJ ที่เก็บ ไว้ เป็นความลับ  secret privat ti-keb-wai-pen-kwam-lab

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CLANDESTINE

a.Secret; private; hidden; withdrawn from public view. It often bears an ill sense, as implying craft or deception, or evil design.

 

CLANDESTINELY

adv. Secretly; privately; in secret.

 

CLANDESTINENESS

n.Secrecy; a state of concealment.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CLANDESTINE

Clan *des "tine, a. Etym: [L. clandestinus, fr. clam secretly; akin to celare, E. conceal: cf. F. clandestin. ]

 

Defn: Conducted with secrecy; withdrawn from public notice, usually for an evil purpose; kept secret; hidden; private; underhand; as, a clandestine marriage. Locke.

 

Syn. -- Hidden; secret; private; concealed; underhand; sly; stealthy; surreptitious; furtive; fraudulent. -- Clan *des "tine *ly, adv. -- Clan *des "tine *ness, n.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

clandestine

clan des tine |klanˈdestən, -ˌtīn, -ˌtēn, ˈklandəs -klænˈdɛstən | ▶adjective kept secret or done secretively, esp. because illicit: she deserved better than these clandestine meetings. DERIVATIVES clan des tine ly adverb, clan des tin i ty |ˌklandesˈtinitē |noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from French clandestin or Latin clandestinus, from clam ‘secretly. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

clandestine

clandestine |klanˈdɛstɪn, ˈklandɛstɪn | ▶adjective kept secret or done secretively, especially because illicit: she deserved better than these clandestine meetings. DERIVATIVES clandestinely adverb, clandestinity |-ˈtɪnɪti |noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from French clandestin or Latin clandestinus, from clam ‘secretly ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

clandestine

clandestine adjective their clandestine meetings: secret, covert, furtive, surreptitious, stealthy, cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner, closet, backstairs, backroom; hush-hush.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

clandestine

clandestine adjective their clandestine meetings: secret, covert, furtive, surreptitious, stealthy, cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner, hole-in-the-corner, closet, behind-the-scenes, backstairs, back-alley, under-the-table, hugger-mugger, concealed, hidden, private; sly, sneaky, underhand; undercover, underground; informal hush-hush. ANTONYMS open, above board.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

clandestine

clan des tine /klændéstɪn , ｟英 ｠-́-- /形容詞 ｟かたく ｠秘密の, 内密の ▸ a clandestine marriage 内密の結婚 .～ly 副詞