obreptitiously
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]obreptitious + -ly
Adverb
[edit]obreptitiously (comparative more obreptitiously, superlative most obreptitiously)
- In an obreptitious manner.
- 1906, Pope Adrian IV, a Friend of Ireland, page 33:
- ...although they state facts evidently false or controverted , which would allow the charge of their having been surreptitiously or obreptitiously obtained...