subterranean
adjective
existing, situated, or operating below the surface of the earth; underground.
subterraneously
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a word derived from
subterranean.
Example Sentences
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Though each of his five succeeding novels has received fine notices, Moore's highest praises have still been sung subterraneously by a few fond readers and fellow writers who refer his work to each other.
From Time Magazine Archive
But potentially, and in shadowy outline, such a trial is moving subterraneously in perhaps all men's natures.
From The English Mail-Coach and Joan of Arc by Thomas De Quincey
A fine large spring was conducted subterraneously into the corner of one of the buildings and out again, insuring plenty of water in case of a siege.
From A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872 by Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh
Vague feelings, and shapeless terrors!—only subterraneously connected with the wounded man lying in his house.
From The Mating of Lydia by Mrs. Humphry Ward
She stood unobserved and absorbed, glorying openly in the rapture that had run subterraneously all day.
From Night and Day by Virginia Woolf
