Meaning & use
surreptitious
Done secretly or quietly to avoid being noticed, often because the action is not allowed.
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He took a surreptitious glance at his phone during the meeting.
The cat made a surreptitious escape while the door was briefly open.
A note on using this word
A formal, slightly literary word; "sneaky" is the everyday equivalent for casual speech.
Words with a similar meaning
furtivecovert
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