† surreptitialadj.
Obsolete. rare.
= surreptitious adj.2
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the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > sneakiness > sneaky action > [adjective]
surreptitious1443
surreptitial1602
surreptious1630
surreptive1633
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > [adjective] > accomplished by stealth
stolenc1400
secret1548
clandestine1566
stealed1577
backdoor1581
underhand1592
surreptitial1602
surreptitious?1615
furtive1628
surreptious1630
by1633
surreptive1633
subreptitious1641
surreptitious1645
postern1648
backstairs1663
smuggled1707
underneath1747
underhanded1806
hidlingsa1810
hole-and-corner1835
side door1862
under-cover1933
under the table1938
crafty1946
society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [adjective] > dishonest > specifically of action, etc.
surreptitious1443
unhonest1583
surreptitial1602
surreptious1630
surreptive1633
cogged1781
rigged1850
1602 W. Watson Decacordon Ten Quodlibeticall Questions 264 The Iesuiticall plots for restoring religion in this land by surreptitial excommunications, depositions, inuasions.
1602 W. Watson Decacordon Ten Quodlibeticall Questions 327 Surreptitiall suggestions of some euill and factious persons.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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adj.1602