He was watching her surreptitiously as she waited in the hotel lobby. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : a surreptitious glance. From Dictionary.com.
If you see a group show up, take their picture, surreptitiously is safer because some of these thugs will hurt you. From Wordnik.com. [Stopping the stealing of New Jersey. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState] Reference
"Anything contrary to this would be tantamount to obtaining public funds surreptitiously, which is unlawful.". From Wordnik.com. [Stars and Stripes] Reference
Describing this incident in her book, Michelle Malkin says that Aiko Herzig "surreptitiously" shared "confidential" documents with Irons. From Wordnik.com. [IsThatLegal?] Reference
The judge said the Elections Division implemented a new policy despite "surreptitiously," seeking but not receiving required permission do so from the U.S. From Wordnik.com. [Lisa Murkowski Can Appear On List Of Write-In Candidates, State Supreme Court Rules] Reference
The judge said the Elections Division implemented a new policy despite "surreptitiously,". From Wordnik.com. [FOXNews.com] Reference
WPP alleges that they did this "surreptitiously" and without disclosing it to other investors. From Wordnik.com. [TechCrunch] Reference
And Hong Kong is so bright: our DP was actually kind of surreptitiously removing lights in the shots just to cut down on it a bit. From Wordnik.com. [Mania News Feed] Reference
Standishes of Lancashire, from which, by some device not on record, he was, as he sturdily maintained in his will, "surreptitiously" defrauded. From Wordnik.com. [Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 1 of 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History] Reference
In its suit the press association accused the company of trying to misappropriate rights to the Globes by "surreptitiously" entering a new eight-year broadcast agreement with NBC. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
"surreptitiously" in the gymnastics halls when other people were nearby. From Wordnik.com. Reference
We go in surreptitiously and we leave surreptitiously. From Wordnik.com. [Plain Text: Heroes or Nettlesome Hacks?] Reference
Lu's looked about surreptitiously to see who else his age had paired up. From Wordnik.com. [No Place Like Home for the Holidays] Reference
Cybercrooks often use misspelled names to surreptitiously direct you to their sites. From Wordnik.com. [Cybersecurity 101 for college students] Reference
Most Web sites openly (or surreptitiously) collect data about what you view and buy. From Wordnik.com. [The Spies In Your Pocket] Reference
I wonder at what point both of these teams will start to settle, surreptitiously, for a draw. From Wordnik.com. [Birmingham v Liverpool - as it happened] Reference
Tidi, Didi, Bon and Don all surreptitiously entered through a gap in the garage door at night. From Wordnik.com. [Animal Park (Part II)] Reference
Many surreptitiously accuse me of being a race traitor, a puppet of a racist criminal-justice system. From Wordnik.com. [I Am Not the Enemy] Reference
In the buildup to the crime, says Morgan, the group surreptitiously staged a dry run at the Billings house. From Wordnik.com. [Murder in the Panhandle] Reference
One of the last rare public photos of either brother was of Theo Albrecht in 1990 and that was taken surreptitiously. From Wordnik.com. [Reclusive Salesman Built Aldi Discount Empire] Reference
(It was curious to him that even as awful as he felt, he still could not help but gaze at her, although surreptitiously.). From Wordnik.com. [The several stages of grief] Reference
I scour the walls on all sides, peeping surreptitiously under unoccupied tables and behind chairs, trying not to be obvious. From Wordnik.com. [Hunting Season] Reference
Grant Joy runs a program that surreptitiously records every keystroke on a PC, including user names, passwords and credit-card numbers. From Wordnik.com. [The School of Hacking] Reference
He will rake leaves from the pool for hours, not understanding that they are being surreptitiously replenished by his Secret Service men. From Wordnik.com. [The Gipper's 'Long Goodbye'] Reference
And if none of those are appealing enough, they can always make chains out of paperclips and surreptitiously wrestle with Sudoku puzzles on (gasp!) paper. From Wordnik.com. [Facebook, nannying, and objectives] Reference
I am in frequent contact with you know who, and am able, most of the time, to surreptitiously send messages all day long every day, whenever I am inspired. From Wordnik.com. [I Am In Frequent Contact With You-Know-Who] Reference
Developers who create apps that surreptitiously attempt to discover user passwords or other private user data will be removed from the iOS Developer Program. From Wordnik.com. [Apple offers App Store review guidelines (and updates iPhone software)] Reference
A few minutes later I surreptitiously checked my own cell phone; my father was waiting for some test results, and I wanted to make sure I hadn't missed his call. From Wordnik.com. [Melanie Benjamin: The 'Sandwich Generation'] Reference
At that point, we were able to go take pictures of him surreptitiously, put him into a photo lineup, and then the guards picked him out and said that was the guy. From Wordnik.com. [Missing 'Priceless' Artwork? Call Robert Wittman] Reference
When I used to cover the Soviet Union during the 1980's, thoughtful Russians got real news from typed news letters called "samizdats" that were surreptitiously. From Wordnik.com. [Eric Margolis: Wikigate - The Truth Will Out] Reference
The band seems to trust the melodies to do the work, letting them unwind slightly surreptitiously and on the best songs hook you with a winning off-hand sweetness. From Wordnik.com. [The National: 'Alligator'] Reference
There was an opened book on her lap, but with the sunglasses shading her eyes, I couldn't tell if she was reading or surreptitiously surveying the avaricious swarm. From Wordnik.com. [Monster Truck] Reference
A justice minister hired private detectives to investigate aides and colleagues surreptitiously to uncover the source of media reports about his parliamentary expenses. From Wordnik.com. [MP hired detectives to check on staff over leaks about expenses] Reference
Someone who gets angry at pork-barrel spending by appropriators stuffing it into bills surreptitiously, knowing the legislation would never pass if the Senate knew about it. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call: Evaluating McCain] Reference
Peanut takes her egress through the front door, and immediately enters the cellar, from which she climbs several staircases surreptitiously to the second story. From Wordnik.com. [The The Three Sisters] Reference
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