He tried surreptitiously to wipe it away, but knew he'd been caught.

I tried surreptitiously to gauge the thickness of the album by feel.

When he tried surreptitiously to pry them free, they just clung to him all the tighter.

So Edeard surreptitiously tried to make sure that the village children had a decent grounding in the ability.

She surreptitiously tried to scratch the stone with her diamond ring but not a mark was made on the smooth, polished surface.

He surreptitiously tried to smooth the wrinkles on his uniform.

Inside the house Clavius surreptitiously tried to orient himself and failed.

She tried to eye the papers surreptitiously; she could not tell if they had been disturbed.

The week following the birthday, each tried surreptitiously to see the other again.

While she was distracted, Alexander tried surreptitiously to move a bishop with his tail.