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surreptitious

 adjective
     
sur‧rep‧ti‧tious
done secretly or quickly because you do not want other people to notice:
Rory tried to sneak a surreptitious glance at Adam's wristwatch.
—surreptitiously adverb
—surreptitiousness noun [uncountable]
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