clandestine

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My love has not been willingly clandestine, and it has been in spite of her most righteous objections.

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  1. adjective Kept or done in secret, often in order to conceal an illicit or improper purpose. See Synonyms at secret.

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  • As our affairs seem to be so much in the public eye, and as her father has been upset by the conversation you had with him last night, Cousin Eleanor, Dinah thinks it would be a good thing if we promised him we would postpone what you have described as our clandestine meetings for three weeks. —  Overture to Death - Ngaio Marsh - Alleyn 08: 1939
  • The RCMP officer also expressed astonishment when Mr. Young informed him that he had told someone - Mr. Liu's criminal defence lawyer - about his role as a clandestine agent of the state. —  The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed
  • After three days of clandestine-ops imagery has been gathered on a building of interest, a complete 3D interior map will be generated. —  The Register
  • The sheltering need not be clandestine, and harboring covers aliens arrested outdoors, as well as in a building. —  Latest Articles
  • In an unprecedented move by what is normally a clandestine organiza ... —  ProLifeBlogs
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  1. Latin clandestīnus, probably blend of *clam-de, secretly (from clam; see kel-1 in Indo-European roots) and intestīnus, internal; see intestine.

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  1. = Dutch clandestien, from French clandestin = Spanish Portuguese Italian clandestino, from Latin clandestinus, secret, from clam (Old Latin calam, callim), secretly, from root of celare = Anglo-Saxon helan, hide (see conceal); the second element is uncertain.
 

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/klænˈdɛstɪn/
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