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Surreptitiously Definition & Meaning

surreptitiously
adverb
  1. in a surreptitious manner; "he was watching her surreptitiously as she waited in the hotel lobby"

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What does surreptitiously mean?
in a surreptitious manner; "he was watching her surreptitiously as she waited in the hotel lobby"
What part of speech is surreptitiously?
Surreptitiously is an adverb.

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