SURREPTITIOUSLY Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

surreptitiously

adverb

as in stealthily

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Recent Examples of surreptitiously In June, Wilder resident Tyler Cain filed a tort claim against the city, alleging the city’s three Flock Safety cameras were acquired surreptitiously and outside the measure of the law. — Noah Daly september 2, Idaho Statesman, 2 Sep. 2026 These malicious apps can be surreptitiously installed by remote attackers even when the devices are positioned behind a router. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 31 Aug. 2026 For every song ingested into these LLMs, ALL of the creative elements that went into the track have been surreptitiously appropriated. — David Barber, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2026 That's not the first time a president surreptitiously switched planes. — Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2026 Two senior health-ministry officials, speaking anonymously, told the magazine that at least 30,000 dead (and possibly many more) was a likelier figure, and one that was corroborated by a group of first responders who collected data surreptitiously. — James Kirchick, The Atlantic, 29 July 2026 As a group of dancers surrounded her on the B-stage, she was surreptitiously harnessed into a rig that carried her aloft, limp yet belting, into the heavens, or at least into what looked like a UFO hovering over the arena. — Chris Willman, Variety, 7 June 2026 Scammers can create an AI replica of someone’s voice using a short recording of their speech — often pulled from social media or an earlier scam call that was surreptitiously recorded. — Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 29 May 2026 Brown raised Boyne’s bond, leading to his incarceration, after Boyne surreptitiously photographed a prosecution document in court and shared it with other sympathetic bloggers. — Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 26 May 2026

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Wolf’s Shinobi Prosthetic houses a grappling hook for scaling rooftops, leaping between trees, and approaching enemies stealthily.

— Aman Kumar, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Aug. 2026
From there, the group could stealthily disperse the new strain through air-handling systems at major livestock farms across the United States.

— Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of stealthily

Adverb

Jordan may wish to exact revenge, and Eddy may want to find one of the victims who has vanished, but both have to go about their work furtively.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026
Kikuko, her appetite sluggish, nibbled the bread bit by bit from the edges, all the while furtively watching her father.

— Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of furtively

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Another Gamers Nexus investigation last month found that LG monitors were sneakily installing pop-up ads onto customers’ computers.

— Frank Landymore, Futurism, 10 Sep. 2026
After Enes' appearance on Sunday, the league sneakily drew a line in the sand, telling media outlets like Front Office Sports that Kanter Freedom will not be eligible to get drafted into the WNBA.

— Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of sneakily

Adverb

Its applications in education – whether that’s been district-sanctioned or students using it covertly to finish homework – have also grown.

— Austin Horn, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2026
Franklin was even humping someone, while Bodhi was covertly trying to eat his own poop.

— Mimi Montgomery, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of covertly

Adverb

The state, in partnership with the federal government, built the camp quickly and secretively and opened it in July.

— Eve Samples, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 June 2026
Early modern Europe was not an ideal place to enforce intellectual property rights, which in those days existed only when technologies could be secretively monopolized by a guild.

— Niall Ferguson, Foreign Affairs, 15 Aug. 2017

Definition of secretively

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Because Iran is a theocratic dictatorship that routinely arrests and in some cases executes journalists, Western reporters hoping to cover the country must either work clandestinely or submit to government supervision.

— James Kirchick, The Atlantic, 29 July 2026
Soon afterward, social media commenters were speculating about whether Sierra broke into the office or was caught clandestinely shredding documents.

— Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 10 July 2026

Definition of clandestinely

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