surreptitiousness

English

Etymology

From surreptitious +‎ -ness.

Noun

surreptitiousness (uncountable)

1. The state or quality of being surreptitious.

   Synonym: surreptition (less common)

   • 2024, Sarah Brooks, The Cautious Traveller’s Guide to the Wastelands, Wiedenfeld & Nicolson, page 18:

     Weiwei sees one of the stewards bend his head, then place something on the shrine, a surreptitiousness to his movements.