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surreptitiously

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Surreptitiously (adv) means In a secret and quiet way, so that other people do not notice.

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In a secret and quiet way, so that other people do not notice.

"While Brown distracted the usually hyperfocused Mangini, safety Kerry Rhodes and linebackers Eric Barton and Jonathan Vilma grabbed a cooler of Gatorade and surreptitiously assumed their positions according to plan." — Karen Crouse, With Wild-Card Spot Clinched, Jets Can Finally Talk Playoffs (2007)

"Hiro and Chuck grab the closest thing they can find to a corner table. Hiro buttonholes a waiter and surreptitiously orders a pitcher of Pub Special, mixed half and half with nonalcoholic beer." — Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash (1992)

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