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Surreptitious vs Discretely - What's the difference?

surreptitious | discretely |

As an adjective surreptitious

is stealth]]y, furtive, [[hidden|well hidden, covert (especially movements).

As an adverb discretely is

as a separate independent unit.

surreptitious

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Stealth]]y, furtive, [[hidden, well hidden, covert (especially movements).
  • * {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers), title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)
  • , chapter=1 citation , passage=He read the letter aloud. Sophia listened with the studied air of one for whom, even in these days, a title possessed some surreptitious allurement.}}

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    Derived terms

    * surreptitiously

    discretely

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • As a separate independent unit.
  • See also

    * discreetly

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