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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1587-1652
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Surreptitiously, -lie, Subrepticiously, adv. [Surreptitious adj. Cf. e.m.E. surreptitiously (1643).] = Surreptiouslie adv. 1. — 1587–8 Reg. Privy C. IV 260.
The personis foirsaidis hes be wrang informatioun and inoportune sute … purchest ane respett for the said slauchtar. [Such respite is null, having been] previlie and surreptitiouslie [obtained] 1630 Reg. Privy C. 2 Ser. III 654.
They have acquyrit surreptitiouslie … heretable power to them within this tuentie sex yeris to use and exerce gilderie courtis 1644 Justiciary Cases III 584.
The remissioun … is surreptitiouslie purchest … suppressa veritate 1652 Cuningham Journal 241.
Charles the Second … had granted severall commissions against the English, finding them contrary to his publique declarations … and consequently subrepticiously procured, I took occasion [etc.]
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