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Surreptitiously 

To do or try something sneakly, and without anyone or anything knowing, nor wanting to cause or attract attention or suspicion.
1. The officer surreptitiously smuggled the goods through.
2. He left the room surreptitiously.
3. She surreptitiously ran away from her boyfriend.
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Surreptitiously 

To do or try something in a sneakly way, to avoid attracting attention or suspicion, or being caught in the act of doing or trying it; without others knowing or being aware of it.
He surreptitiously left the room.
She surreptitiously ran away from her boyrfriend.
They surreptitiously smuggled the goods through.
Surreptitiously by Alan T. Fitch August 29, 2022

surreptitious 

When something is obtained/done/made, by stealth/secrets.
"I've never been so surreptitious" (Panic!At The Disco-Theres a good reason these tables are numbered honey,You just havn't thought of it yet)
Fogey/fogy /fougi/ sl. (early 18C+, orig. Scot) old-fashioned, stuck-in-the mud.
Person with old fashioned ideas which he is unwilling to change: Come to the disco and stop being such an old fogey!
You think me an old fogeyand an old tory, his thoughtful voice said. I saw three generations since O’Connel’s time. I remember the famine. Do you know that the orange lodges agitated for repeal of the union twenty years before O’Connel did or before the prelates of your communion denounced him as a demagogue? You fenians forget some things. (James Joyce, Ulysses. Penguin Books,1992. p. 38)
fogey by Petyush September 14, 2005
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Add a tablespoon of jarlic to two teaspoons of butter and spread it in bread to make garlic bread
Jarlic by YSAC fanboy June 6, 2020
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An armpit enthusiast — typically of the scent, appearance, and touch of hairy underarms.
That dude’s such a pitpig, I have to wear deodorant to keep him at bay.
Pitpig by wimbledon May 28, 2026
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