Surreptitious vs Discretely - What's the difference?
surreptitious | discretely |
Stealth]]y, furtive, [[hidden, well hidden, covert (especially movements).
* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers), title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)
, chapter=1
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
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Adjective
(en adjective)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.}}