Tom snuck out and surreptitiously bought Mary a big bunch of flowers for their wedding anniversary.
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Surreptitiously
Synonyms for "surreptitiously" (17 found)
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Closest matches (4)
Strong matches (5)
Related words (8)
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4 entriesTranslations
49 translations across 23 languages.
Azerbaijani
1 entries- gizli adv (in a surreptitious manner)
Bulgarian
2 entries- крадешком adv (in a surreptitious manner)
- скришом adv (in a surreptitious manner)
Catalan
4 entries- amagadament adv (in a surreptitious manner)
- celadament adv (in a surreptitious manner)
- d'amagat adv (in a surreptitious manner)
- d'amagatotis adv (in a surreptitious manner)
Czech
3 entries- potají adv (in a surreptitious manner)
- skrytě adv (in a surreptitious manner)
- tajně adv (in a surreptitious manner)
Danish
1 entries- hemmeligt adv (in a surreptitious manner)
Dutch
2 entries- clandestien adv (in a surreptitious manner)
- heimelijk adv (in a surreptitious manner)
Finnish
2 entries- salaa adv (in a surreptitious manner)
- vaivihkaa adv (in a surreptitious manner)
French
2 entries- furtivement adv (in a surreptitious manner)
- subrepticement adv (in a surreptitious manner)
German
1 entries- heimlich adv (in a surreptitious manner)
Irish
1 entries- gan fhios adv (in a surreptitious manner)
Italian
2 entries- di nascosto adv (in a surreptitious manner)
- furtivamente adv (in a surreptitious manner)
Northern Kurdish
3 entries- bi dizîkî adv (in a surreptitious manner)
- bi nehînî adv (in a surreptitious manner)
- bi razberî adv (in a surreptitious manner)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- i løyndom adv (in a surreptitious manner)
- i skjul adv (in a surreptitious manner)
- i smug adv (in a surreptitious manner)
Persian
1 entries- محرمانه adv (in a surreptitious manner)
Polish
3 entries- dyskretnie adv (in a surreptitious manner)
- ukradkiem adv (in a surreptitious manner)
- ukradkowo adv (in a surreptitious manner)
Portuguese
3 entries- disfarçadamente adv (in a surreptitious manner)
- furtivamente adv (in a surreptitious manner)
- sub-repticiamente adv (in a surreptitious manner)
Romanian
2 entries- pe ascuns adv (in a surreptitious manner)
- pe furiș adv (in a surreptitious manner)
Russian
1 entries- тайко́м adv (in a surreptitious manner)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- potajice adv (in a surreptitious manner)
Somali
1 entries- sir adv (in a surreptitious manner)
Spanish
4 entries- a hurtadillas adv (in a surreptitious manner)
- callandito adv (in a surreptitious manner)
- callando adv (in a surreptitious manner)
- subrepticiamente adv (in a surreptitious manner)
Swedish
1 entries- i smyg adv (in a surreptitious manner)
Turkish
3 entries- el altından adv (in a surreptitious manner)
- gizli adv (in a surreptitious manner)
- gizlice adv (in a surreptitious manner)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
Organized crime groups have been taking advantage of fresh opportunities presented by the pandemic, from acting surreptitiously as suppliers to governments, to serving as "partners of the state in maintaining order,” warns a recent report by the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime.
Source: tatoeba (8794448)
He was seen surreptitiously eating a piece of cake.
Source: tatoeba (8940494)
Tom acted surreptitiously.
Source: tatoeba (10795309)
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