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surreptitiousness (s) (noun) (no plural form)
1. Something which is obtained, done, or made by clandestine, secret, or stealthy means; that is, trying to avoid being observed: His surreptitiousness in slipping into the bank aroused the curiosity of the security guard.
2. An action which is kept hidden from others or known only to oneself or to a few other people: The private investigator had to act with surreptitiousness in order to determine who had committed the murder in the city.
This entry is located in the following units: rap-, rav- (page 4) sub-, suc-, suf-, sug-, sum-, sup-, sur-, sus-, su- (page 13)