surreptitiously

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Constance and Cyril moved their limbs surreptitiously, as though being at last found out.

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  1. In a surreptitious manner; by stealth; in an underhand way. Sir T. Browne, Religio Medici, Pref.

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  • I believed that he would do this because he was aware that we were trying to obtain his specimen surreptitiously, and that one or two episodes of us finding a different DNA on cups would send us off on another scent and that he'd be clear. —  AHMM,October2007
  • The bandit who'd accosted them the previous evening came to mind; surreptitiously, her hand drifted to her waist and the dagger sheathed there. —  Triplet
  • He sat on that because he could surreptitiously, and apparently artlessly, edge it closer and closer to her. —  A Demon In My View
  • Vanye let his sword surreptitiously back to its sheath, as Morgaine had stopped near him, her hands shrouded in her cloak and her jaw set. —  Cherryh,_C.J._-_Exiles_Gate.htm
  • So instead I would go to the bathroom and take notes--surreptitiously, very carefully. —  Omni: April 1994
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