Noun: surreptitiousness ,sur-up'ti-shus-nus or ,sú-rup'ti-shus-nus [N. Amer], ,sú-rup'ti-shus-nus [Brit]
- A disposition to be sly and stealthy and to do things surreptitiously
"His surreptitiousness raised suspicions among his colleagues";
- furtiveness, sneakiness, stealthiness
Type of: closeness, secretiveness