as in surreptitiously
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Well aware of the sprawling privacy implications of ubiquitous personal recording devices, Xu is careful to position Plaud devices as professional tools, not gadgets made to surreptitiously capture dinner table conversations.—
Iain Martin,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025 -
Could only participate, if surreptitiously, in this long-overdue cumulation.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Feb. 2025
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Others are stealthily looking for deals, sales, using layaway options and trading brand preferences for affordability.—
Leah Olajide,
Freep.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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Did the guys stealthily get rid of their pocket squares?—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
26 Aug. 2025
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When Glenna excuses herself to go check on Lady Ellen, Julia thanks the woman and then proceeds to sneakily follow her straight up to Ellen’s quarters.—
Lincee Ray Published,
EW.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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Never Write Off Palmeiras Despite infighting at the club and star player Estêvão’s move to Chelsea, Palmeiras are sneakily hanging onto Flamengo’s lead.—
Joseph O'Sullivan,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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Changing congressional maps in a bid to ensure one party’s victory over another — called gerrymandering — has typically been done more furtively.—
Jesse Bedayn,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Aug. 2025
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But in true lesbian pulp tradition, and at a time when book bans, censorship and anti-LGBTQ sentiments are at a fever pitch, some will inevitably read this anthology covertly, concealed in closets or under the bed.—
Trish Bendix
August 21,
Literary Hub,
21 Aug. 2025
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Russia covertly supported them with troops, tanks and artillery.—
Ellie Cook,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Aug. 2025
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To boost their morale, Washington had the play clandestinely produced for his troops at Valley Forge during an especially bleak winter.—
R. Daniel Foster,
Forbes.com,
21 Aug. 2025
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Until the early 1970s, the Ojibwe continued to mine small pieces of pipestone at Ozhaawashkonaagwad clandestinely.—
Frank Vaisvilas,
jsonline.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Each team will alternate tossing the bean bag underhand onto the board until all four bean bags are thrown.—
Anthony Gharib,
USA TODAY,
13 June 2023
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Pitchers tossed underhand and no one wore gloves yet, resulting in smarting pain in the hands of catchers and first basemen.—
Jeff Suess,
The Enquirer,
29 Mar. 2023
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“Underhandedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underhandedly. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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