SURREPTITIOUSLY Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

surreptitiously

adverb

as in stealthily

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Recent Examples of surreptitiously Right now, there are no indications exploits are being used to install anything other than Monero miners, which surreptitiously harness a Mac’s resources to perform mathematical operations that generate the cryptocurrency for the attacker. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 14 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 Gray-hat hackers, unlike white-hats, surreptitiously sneak into corporate systems to find security vulnerabilities. — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 4 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 Haslach also admitted to surreptitiously taking a photo of a minor in a swimsuit by positioning his cellphone under a classroom desk. — Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 1 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

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
It’s meant to blends furtively into a bookshelf or sits elegantly atop a bedside table, never inside it.

— Tiana Randall, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

Definition of furtively

Adverb

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
One of the easiest ways to get organized and maximize your patio is, ironically, to add more patio furniture—especially pieces that sneakily double as hidden storage.

— Better Homes & Gardens, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of sneakily

Adverb

Franklin was even humping someone, while Bodhi was covertly trying to eat his own poop.

— Mimi Montgomery, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026
Yet despite fewer transits, increasing volumes of oil are bypassing the strait altogether or relying on US protection and ship-to-ship transfers to move oil covertly out of the Persian Gulf.

— Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 20 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

Adverb

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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