a surreptitious glance

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• 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

• surreptitious — surreptitiously, adv. surreptitiousness, n. /serr euhp tish euhs/, adj. 1. obtained, done, made, etc., by stealth; secret or unauthorized; clandestine: a surreptitious glance. 2. acting in a stealthy way. 3. obtained by subreption; subreptitious …   Universalium

• 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

• surreptitious — sur|rep|ti|tious [ˌsʌrəpˈtıʃəs US ˌsə: ] adj done secretly or quickly because you do not want other people to notice ▪ Rory tried to sneak a surreptitious glance at Adam s wristwatch. >surreptitiously adv >surreptitiousness n [U] …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• surreptitious — sur|rep|ti|tious [ ,sʌrəp tıʃəs ] adjective done or made secretly, so that others will not notice: a surreptitious glance …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• surreptitious — adjective done secretly or quickly because you do not want other people to notice: Robert stole a surreptitious glance at Myrna to see her reaction. surreptitiously adverb surreptitiousness noun (U) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• surreptitious — adjective a surreptitious glance Syn: secret, secretive, stealthy, clandestine, sneaky, sly, furtive; concealed, hidden, undercover, covert, veiled, cloak and dagger See note at secret Ant …   Thesaurus of popular words

• surreptitious — UK [ˌsʌrəpˈtɪʃəs] / US adjective done or made secretly, so that others will not notice a surreptitious glance …   English dictionary

• surreptitious — sur•rep•ti•tious [[t]ˌsɜr əpˈtɪʃ əs[/t]] adj. 1) obtained, done, made, etc., by stealth; clandestine; secret: a surreptitious glance[/ex] 2) acting in a stealthy way • Etymology: 1400–50; < L surreptīcius stolen, clandestine =surrept(us), ptp …   From formal English to slang

• surreptitious — /sʌrəpˈtɪʃəs / (say suruhp tishuhs) adjective 1. obtained, done, made, etc., by stealth; secret and unauthorised; clandestine: a surreptitious glance. 2. acting in a stealthy way. 3. obtained by subreption; subreptitious. {late Middle English,… …  

• glance — I n. 1) to cast, dart, shoot; steal a glance at 2) to exchange glances 3) an admiring; amused; casual, cursory, fleeting, passing; conspiratorial; disapproving, indignant; furtive, stolen, surreptitious; imploring; knowing; meaningful,… …   Combinatory dictionary