adjective
1.Ā obtained, done, made, etc., by stealth; secret or unauthorized;Ā
clandestine: a surreptitious glance.
2.Ā acting in a stealthy way.
3.Ā obtained by subreption; subreptitious.
Found in Mina Loys Feminist Manifesto
āThe woman who has not succeeded in striking that advantageous barginā is prohibited from any butĀ surreptitousĀ re-action to Life-stimuliā&entireky debarred maternity.ā
This definition helps me better understand the passage becuase I now understand that Mina Loy was trying to tell the reader that you cannot act in a stealthy way. The passage now comes together with knowing the word.