Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Word of the Week #4

“Surreptitiously”

Source: The San Jose Mercury News, September 18, 2007 in the article “Video of Simpson Incident Surfaces”

How it was used: “Think you can steal my (property) and sell it?’ a man believed to be Simpson angrily says on the audio obtained by TMZ.com after it was surreptitiously taped by Thomas Riccio.”

Definition: Surreptitious (Adj.) 1. Obtained, done, or made by clandestine or stealthy means. 2. Acting with or marked by stealth. 3. Kept secret especially because it would not be approved of.

Sentence: Their affair went surreptitiously on for months.

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