Surreptitious

surreptitious

surĀ·repĀ·tiĀ·tious

[sur-uhp-tish-uhs]

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
ā€œThe 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.

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