English-Thai Dictionary

surreptitious

ADJ ลับๆ  ล่อๆ  ซึ่ง แอบ ทำ  ซึ่ง ทำ ลับๆ  ล่อๆ  ซ่อนเร้น  stealthy secret furtive covert lab-lab-lor-lor

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SURREPTITIOUS

a.[L. surreptitius, supra. ] Done by stealth or without proper authority; made or introduced fraudulently; as a surreptitious passage in a manuscript. A correct copy of the Dunciad, the many surreptitious ones have rendered necessary.

 

SURREPTITIOUSLY

adv. By stealth; without authority; fraudulently.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SURREPTITIOUS

Sur `rep *ti "tious, a. Etym: [L. surreptitius, or subreptitius, fr. surripere, subripere, to snatch away, to withdraw privily; sub- under + rapere to snatch. See Sub-, and Ravish. ]

 

Defn: Done or made by stealth, or without proper authority; made or introduced fraudulently; clandestine; stealthy; as, a surreptitious passage in an old manuscript; a surreptitious removal of goods. -- Sur `rep *ti "tious *ly, adv.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

surreptitious

sur rep ti tious |ˌsərəpˈtiSHəs ˌsərəpˈtɪʃəs | ▶adjective kept secret, esp. because it would not be approved of: they carried on a surreptitious affair. DERIVATIVES sur rep ti tious ly adverb, sur rep ti tious ness noun ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘obtained by suppression of the truth ’): from Latin surreptitius (from the verb surripere, from sub- ‘secretly ’ + rapere ‘seize ’) + -ous .

 

Oxford Dictionary

surreptitious

surreptitious |ˌsʌrəpˈtɪʃəs | ▶adjective kept secret, especially because it would not be approved of: low wages were supplemented by surreptitious payments from tradesmen. DERIVATIVES surreptitiously adverb, surreptitiousness noun ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘obtained by suppression of the truth ’): from Latin surreptitius (from the verb surripere, from sub- ‘secretly ’ + rapere ‘seize ’) + -ous .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

surreptitious

surreptitious adjective a surreptitious glance: secret, secretive, stealthy, clandestine, sneaky, sly, furtive; concealed, hidden, undercover, covert, veiled, cloak-and-dagger. ANTONYMS blatant.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

surreptitious

surreptitious adjective Rory tried to sneak a surreptitious glance at Adam's wristwatch: secret, stealthy, clandestine, secretive, sneaky, sly, furtive, concealed, hidden, undercover, covert, veiled, under the table, cloak-and-dagger, backstair, indirect. ANTONYMS blatant, open, honest.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

surreptitious

sur rep ti tious /sə̀ːrəptɪ́ʃəs |sʌ̀r -/形容詞 内密の, こそこそした ; 不正な ▸ a surreptitious glance 盗み見 ～ly 副詞 ～ness 名詞