Die woordeboekdefinisie van "sluip" is iets wat op 'n geheime of sluipende manier gedoen, gemaak of verkry word, dikwels om opsporing of aandag te vermy. Dit kan ook verwys na optrede wat oneerlik of ongemagtig is.
Secondly, the city became a valued tool for a monarch in need of surreptitious machinery.
She was relieved to find that the knights were still out hunting for Edgar, and no one was in the Hall to witness her surreptitious departure.
He felt her fingers running over his new wings but also taking surreptitious detours to his chest and the more marked indentations in his abs.
Then, taking a surreptitious look round the toilets to make sure no one had seen her, she lurched into one of the cubicles and banged the door shut, fumbling with the lock to secure it.
There was a lull after this and Tarkyn spotted members of the family exchanging surreptitious glances as they reached for a bottle or more food.
She had seen the surreptitious glances at her hand and heard the murmurs when people thought she was out of earshot.
A surreptitious glance toward the woods revealed no sight of the bandit, who had likely decided to be cautious now, at least until the carts pulled away and left Aiden alone again.
Then again, he still remains the most likely candidate, enacting a kind of surreptitious activism.
