† surreptiveadj.
Obsolete. rare.
= surreptitious adj.1 1.
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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
1633 T. Stafford Pacata Hibernia iii. i. 286 How may it then bee, that those [Apostolicall] Letters were surreptiue?
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adj.1633