surreptitious
/sur-up-TISH-us/adjectivekept secret, especially because it would not be approved of
“He took a surreptitious photo of the setlist.”
- Synonyms
- covert, stealthy, furtive
- Antonyms
- open, overt
- Memory hook
- sub + rapere (snatch): snatched from under notice.
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