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Definition/Meaning

(adjective)

secretive, stealthy or keeping secret - clandestine;

e.g. The administration carried on a surreptitious illegal act.

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Similar Words

Backstage

Backstairs

Behind-the-scenes

Clandestine

Closed-door

Closeted

Conspiratorial

Covert

Furtive

Hush-hush

Off-screen

Offstage

Private

Privy

Secret

Sneak

Sneaking

Sneaky

Stealth

Stealthy

The

Unadvertised

Unannounced

Undercover

Underground

Underhand

Underhanded

Undisclosed

Unexposed

Unmentioned

Unsaid

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Opposite Words

Aboveboard

Avowed

Clear

Evident

Manifest

Obvious

Open

Patent

Plain

Public

Published

Straightforward

Unclassified

Unconcealed

Undisguised

Unrestricted

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Related Words

Artful

Beguiling

Behind-the-scenes

Cagey

Classified

Close

Closed-door

Closemouthed

Concealed

Confidential

Crafty

Cunning

Cute

Dark

Designing

Devious

Dodgy

Esoteric

Foxy

Hidden

Hush-hush

Inside

Intimate

Nonpublic

Private

Privy

Restricted

Reticent

Scheming

Secret

Secretive

Shrewd

Slick

Sly

Slyly

Subterranean

Subtle

The

Tricky

Unadvertised

Uncommunicative

Undisclosed

Unexposed

Wily

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