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subterraneously

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a subterraneous manner; under the surface of the earth; hence, secretly; imperceptibly.

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  • adverb In a subterraneous manner; underground.

Etymologies

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subterraneous +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • I have reported that the continued purring of the left is not for nothing, and subterraneously, the empire is already attacking academies and privatisation of the NHS.

    Forget Ealing , The Future is Bright Newmania 2007

  • Its fur has a metallic lustre and it lives subterraneously.

    Life of Animals tellurian 2009

  • As I listened to my relatives sing it occurred to me that words when sung or turned poetic become somehow acceptable in an Asian immigrant society where love and resentment often flow subterraneously.

    Communicating Through Karaoke 2006

  • And yet he had women — very carefully, very subterraneously.

    The Titan 2004

  • She stood unobserved and absorbed, glorying openly in the rapture that had run subterraneously all day.

    Night and Day, by Virginia Woolf 2004

  • At last they had a leader, someone whose courage would mysteriously flow into the ground beneath his own feet, travel subterraneously, and spring up as if by miracle in their own hearts, filling them with the wild freedom of men who have at last discovered that they are soldiers after all.

    Captain Corelli's Mandolin De Bernieres, Louis 2003

  • A fine large spring was conducted subterraneously into the corner of one of the buildings and out again, insuring plenty of water in case of a siege.

    A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872 Frederick S. Dellenbaugh

  • She stood unobserved and absorbed, glorying openly in the rapture that had run subterraneously all day.

    Night and Day 1920

  • Their presence he admitted, perforce: their utility was quite apparent to him on the surface, but, subterraneously, he doubted both their existence and their utility.

    Here are Ladies James Stephens 1916

  • Did they but subterraneously giggle, Cobbet was on their tracks in no time.

    The Cathedral Hugh Walpole 1912

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