Hypertext Webster Gateway: "surreptitiously"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Surreptitious \Sur`rep*ti"tious\, a. [L. surreptitius, or
subreptitius, fr. surripere, subripere, to snatch away, to
withdraw privily; sub- under + rapere to snatch. See {Sub-},
and {Ravish}.]
Done or made by stealth, or without proper authority; made or
introduced fraudulently; clandestine; stealthy; as, a
surreptitious passage in an old manuscript; a surreptitious
removal of goods. -- {Sur`rep*ti"tious*ly}, adv.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
surreptitiously
adv : in a surreptitious manner; "he was watching her
surreptitiously as she waited in the hotel lobby" [syn:
{sneakily}]
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