What does surreptitiously mean?

surreptitiously means "in a surreptitious manner".

How many syllables are in surreptitiously?

surreptitiously has 5 syllables: sur-rep-tit-iou-sly. The stress falls on "tit". In IPA it is /ˌsɝəpˈtɪʃəsli/.

What is another word for surreptitiously?

Close synonyms include sneakily. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is surreptitiously a common word?

surreptitiously is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

surreptitiously — meaning, pronunciation and definition

adverb

1 senseA word that modifies a verb, adjective or other adverb.

1.
in a surreptitious manner
“he was watching her surreptitiously as she waited in the hotel lobby”
Synonymssneakily

Questions about surreptitiously

What does surreptitiously mean?: surreptitiously means "in a surreptitious manner".
How many syllables are in surreptitiously?: surreptitiously has 5 syllables: sur-rep-tit-iou-sly. The stress falls on "tit". In IPA it is /ˌsɝəpˈtɪʃəsli/.
What is another word for surreptitiously?: Close synonyms include sneakily. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is surreptitiously a common word?: surreptitiously is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for surreptitiously come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

adverb

1 senseA word that modifies a verb, adjective or other adverb.

1.
in a surreptitious manner
“he was watching her surreptitiously as she waited in the hotel lobby”
Synonymssneakily

Questions about surreptitiously

What does surreptitiously mean?: surreptitiously means "in a surreptitious manner".
How many syllables are in surreptitiously?: surreptitiously has 5 syllables: sur-rep-tit-iou-sly. The stress falls on "tit". In IPA it is /ˌsɝəpˈtɪʃəsli/.
What is another word for surreptitiously?: Close synonyms include sneakily. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is surreptitiously a common word?: surreptitiously is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

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