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.}}

Adjective

(en adjective)

Not prominent nor easily noticeable

* 2004 , , Let's Collect Rocks and Shells , Kessinger Publishing Co., page 9,

Approaching danger, whether from octopus, fish or man, arouses caution in a small mollusk and it becomes as inconspicuous as it can.