Definition of Surreptitious
kept secret and marked by quiet and caution
Examples of Surreptitious in a sentence
The dog has his surreptitious ways of stealing table scraps behind my back. 🔊
After hitting the lottery, the private family hoped to keep their surreptitious winnings to themselves. 🔊
Your surreptitious drug habits will not stay unknown for long. 🔊
The team began a surreptitious search for the suspect but did not tell the media. 🔊
The surreptitious nature of the group kept many people from knowing the secret society existed. 🔊
I don't trust a gossiper to be surreptitious about private matters. 🔊
Throwing me a surprise birthday party was a surreptitious thing to do! 🔊
Even though I was careful with the surreptitious information, the media found out about it. 🔊
Rod Blagojevich had a surreptitious plan to sell the senate seat but was caught and sentenced for doing so. 🔊
Files and tapes that were previously surreptitious have now been leaked to the public. 🔊
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