stealthy glance

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• secret — adj Secret, covert, stealthy, furtive, clandestine, surreptitious, underhand, underhanded are comparable when they mean done, carried on, operated, or accomplished so as not to attract attention or observation. Secret, the most general of these… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• secret — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Kept private Nouns secret; dead secret, profound secret; mystery; sealed or closed book; skeleton in the closet; confidence; hidden agenda; problem, enigma, riddle, puzzle, crossword puzzle, [double]… …   English dictionary for students

• secret — 1. adjective 1) a secret plan Syn: confidential, top secret, classified, undisclosed, unknown, private, under wraps; informal hush hush; formal sub rosa Ant: public, known 2) a secret drawer in the table …   Thesaurus of popular words

• Ships of the People's Liberation Army Navy — The ships of the People s Liberation Army Navy number over a hundred combatant ships, organized into three fleets: the North Sea Fleet, the East Sea Fleet, and the South Sea Fleet. The People s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) is the naval branch of… …   Wikipedia

• furtive — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. stealthy, sly, surreptitious, sneaking, skulking, covert. See concealment. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Clandestine] Syn. secret, hidden, surreptitious, stealthy; see secret 3 . 2. [Evasive] Syn.… …   English dictionary for students

• secret — [sē′krit] adj. [OFr < L secretus, pp. of secernere, to set apart < se , apart (see SECEDE) + cernere, to sift, distinguish: see HARVEST] 1. kept from public knowledge or from the knowledge of a certain person or persons 2. withdrawn, remote …   English World dictionary

• surreptitious — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. stealthy, clandestine. See concealment.Ant., overt. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. clandestine, private, covert; see hidden 2 , secret 3 . See Synonym Study at secret . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus)… …   English dictionary for students

• peek — 1. verb 1) Hermione peeked from behind the curtains Syn: (have a) peep, have a peek, spy, take a sly/stealthy look, sneak a look/peek; informal take a gander 2) the deer s antlers peeked out from the trees Syn: appear (slowly/partly), show, come… …   Thesaurus of popular words

• Garlic — For other uses, see Garlic (disambiguation). Garlic Allium sativum, known as garlic, from William Woodville, Medical Botany, 1793. Scientific classification …   Wikipedia

• squint — v., n., & adj. v. 1 intr. have the eyes turned in different directions, have a squint. 2 intr. (often foll. by at) look obliquely or with half closed eyes. 3 tr. close (one s eyes) quickly, hold (one s eyes) half shut. n. 1 = STRABISMUS. 2 a… …   Useful english dictionary

• surreptitious — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin surrepticius, from surreptus, past participle of surripere to snatch secretly, from sub + rapere to seize more at rapid Date: 15th century 1. done, made, or acquired by stealth ; clandestine 2.… …   New Collegiate Dictionary