I can't find this word in any dictionary on the web. Is it a real word? Am I spelling it wrong? Am I loosing my mind?
Does it mean stealthfully or slyly?
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serruptiously
serruptiously
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Re: serruptiously
Could you have come up with this spelling because some people pronounce surreptitiously with emphasis on the second sylabyl? where many of us in the US pronounce it with the emphasis on the third?I can't find this word in any dictionary on the web. Is it a real word? Am I spelling it wrong? Am I loosing my mind?
Does it mean stealthfully or slyly?
Apo
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Maybe I should take a run at this one. I'll bet there are a lot of people out there who have a sense of this word but have difficulty keeping up with its syllables. It has a noble and interesting ancestry, too; related to 'raptor'.
I'll try to squeeze it into March; otherwise, early April.
I'll try to squeeze it into March; otherwise, early April.
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