Definition of Subreptitiously

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Subreptitiously

subregna
subregnum
subregnums
subrelativistic
subreligion
subreligions
subrenal
subrent
subrents
subreplacement
subrepresentation
subrepresentations
subreption
subreptions
subreptitious
subreptitiously (current term)
subreptive
subresource
subresources
subresultant
subresultants
subretinal
subretinally
subrhomboid
subrigid
subring
subrings
subrogate
subrogated
subrogates

Literary usage of Subreptitiously

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1842)
"... of us deny it ? just because both of us have subreptitiously restored the knowledge of extension in denying that extension itself would be annihilated. ..."

2. History of the Society of Jesus in North America; Colonial and Federal by Thomas Hughes (1908)
"His Holyness' mandate I have considered as пц!, being subreptitiously obtained, and shall, if possible, send a priest [Father Grossi, SJ] to Rome, ..."

3. Lower Canada Reports =: Décisions Des Tribunaux Du Bas-Canada by Simon Lelièvre (1862)
"Yes, namely at the mills of the late William Patton at St. Thomas. Fourth Question.—Did the said plaintiff obtain the said letters patent subreptitiously ..."

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