surreptitiously

[ sur-uhp-tish-uhs-lee ]

/ ˌsɜr əpˈtɪʃ əs li /

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in a secret or unauthorized way; stealthily: After it surreptitiously installs itself on a user's phone, the spyware program can steal credit card numbers, passwords, and other personal information.

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Origin of surreptitiously

First recorded in 1580–90; surreptitious + -ly

Words nearby surreptitiously

surrebutter, surrejoinder, surrender, surrender value, surreptitious, surreptitiously, surrey, surrogacy, surrogate, surrogate mother, surround

How to use surreptitiously in a sentence

We’re falling for interventions that feel like the right answer but instead are traps that surreptitiously maintain the status quo.
Big Tech’s attention economy can be reformed. Here’s how.|Gideon Lichfield|January 10, 2021|MIT Technology Review
The spyware allowed NSO to surreptitiously collect data from users’ phones, according to the suit.
Google, Microsoft look to team up with Facebook for legal fight against Israeli company|kdunn6|December 22, 2020|Fortune
Meanwhile, the company is the subject of an ongoing class action lawsuit that claims it surreptitiously mined Bitcoins purchased by its customers.
The American heartland needs jobs. Could Bitcoin mining become its next savior?|Jeff|December 12, 2020|Fortune
Afraid of being noticed, Lewis surreptitiously snapped a picture of them.
Pistols, a Hearse and Trucks Playing Chicken: Why Some Voters Felt Harassed and Intimidated at the Polls|by Adriana Gallardo, Maryam Jameel and Ryan McCarthy|December 4, 2020|ProPublica

News of what the government had surreptitiously done only spurred people on.
How India became the world’s leader in internet shutdowns|Katie McLean|August 19, 2020|MIT Technology Review
Egan claims he was forced to consume alcohol and drugs, while drugs were also surreptitiously added to drinks he consumed.
New Hollywood Sex Scandal: Bryan Singer’s Accuser Files Another Suit|Tim Teeman|June 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Then, shuffling, she surreptitiously grabs the one he chose with her mouth while pretending to cut the deck.
Hallucinating Away a Heroin Addiction|Abby Haglage|May 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A man sat opposite her, took out his phone, and surreptitiously photographed her eating.
All You Need to Be a Modern Digital Stalker Is a Smartphone|Tauriq Moosa|April 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Before breaking her heart a second time, he surreptitiously mined intimate details from her life to include in the tale.
9 Works Inspired by Writers’ Love Lives|Joni Rendon, Shannon McKenna Schmidt|February 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
His surreptitiously recorded "47 percent" remarks were the perfect expression of radical Tea Party ideology.
Carl Bernstein on Mitt Romney's Radicalism|Carl Bernstein|November 1, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The clerk glanced at it, and surreptitiously showed it to his companion; and both of them looked up at him.
Elster's Folly|Mrs. Henry Wood
She looked at him again and caught him smiling surreptitiously under his heavy gloom.
The Creators|May Sinclair
Rick heard the secretary draw in his breath sharply, and he surreptitiously got ready to pump a shell into the riot gun's chamber.
The Flaming Mountain|Harold Leland Goodwin
Cattledon sniffed at her liqueur-glass surreptitiously before drinking it.
Johnny Ludlow, Fourth Series|Mrs. Henry Wood
Turkey Evans had brought the last strip of an old rag carpet he had taken surreptitiously from an unused room of his home.
Watch Yourself Go By|Al. G. Field

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