surreptitiously

• Adverb, das eine Handlung beschreibt, die heimlich, unbemerkt oder hinter dem Rücken anderer ausgeführt wird, oft um Entdeckung zu vermeiden.

An adverb meaning "in a way that attempts to avoid notice or attention; secretly or stealthily." It describes actions done in a clandestine or furtive manner, often to avoid detection or observation.

1. Secretly or stealthilyC1formal

   In a way that is done secretly or without being noticed, often because it is not allowed.

   Heimlich oder verstohlen

   • He surreptitiously slipped the note into her bag.
   • She surreptitiously checked her phone during the meeting.
   • The cat surreptitiously crept towards the bird.

   Synonymecovertlyfurtivelyon the slysecretlyslylysneakilystealthily

   Antonymeopenlyovertlypublicly