stownlinsadv.
Scottish.
By stealth; secretly.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > [adverb]
softlyc1225
by stalea1240
privilya1250
slylyc1275
thieflyc1290
stealingly13..
by stealth1390
stalworthlya1400
theftfullyc1400
theftlyc1400
theftuouslyc1400
under veilc1425
thievishly?c1450
by theft1488
quietly1488
furtively1490
by surreption1526
hugger-muggera1529
in hugger-mugger1529
underhand1538
insidiously1545
creepingly1548
surreptiously1573
underboard1582
filchingly1583
sneakingly1598
underwater1600
slipperily1603
thief-likea1625
clandestinely1632
surreptitiously1643
thievously1658
clancularly1699
stownlins1786
stealthily1806
underhandedly1806
stolen-wise1813
on (upon, under, or by) the sly1818
round-the-corner1820
underhanded1823
stealthfully1828
slinkingly1830
slippingly1830
on the sneak?1863
sneakishly1867
behind backs1874
stalkingly1891
on the side1893
under the counter1926
underground1935
under the table1938
down and dirty1959
sneakily1966
1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 156 Rob, stownlins, prie'd her bonie mou.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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adv.1786- to zip it
- to zip it up
- to zip up
- to zizz off
- to zizz up
- to zone in
- to —— a mean
- to —— a person into submission
- to —— a person's head off
- to —— and like it
- to —— for britain
- to —— for england
- to —— hell out of
- to —— into submission
- to —— one's arse off
- to —— one's ass off
- to —— one's bollocks off
- to —— one's head off
- to —— one's heart out
- to —— one's tits off
- to throw up one's cards
- to throw up one's guts
- to throw up one's hands
- to throw up one's hat
- to throw up one's toenails, boots, etc