deep-laid

American  

[deep-leyd] / ˈdipˈleɪd /

adjective

1. carefully, cunningly, or secretly made.

   a deep-laid plot.

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deep-laid British  

adjective

1. (of a plot or plan) carefully worked out and kept secret

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Etymology

Origin of deep-laid

First recorded in 1760–70

Example Sentences

The Literary World says:—"As a story of incident, with a deep-laid and exciting plot, this of the 'Mysterious Mr. Sabin' can hardly be surpassed."

From A Crime of the Under-seas by Boothby, Guy Newell

There were also deep-laid schemes by which the Federals were to be kept in ignorance of the real designs of the Confederates, until too late to avert the blow.

From The Spy of the Rebellion Being a True History of the Spy System of the United States Army during the Late Rebellion, by Pinkerton, Allan

If it were a scheme of the most deep-laid coquetry, instead of the result of a lifetime's habit of self-sacrifice, she could not have hit upon a better method of inflaming his passion.

From Doctor Cupid by Broughton, Rhoda

Spencer has pointed out that the Universe is one deep-laid framework for the production of such beneficent contrivances.

From The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 by Various

Neither she, nor the German people, understood how her policy was aiding the deep-laid plans of Bismarck.

From A History of Germany From the Earliest Times to the Present Day by Taylor, Bayard