Meanings
adverbirreptitiously (comparative more irreptitiously, superlative most irreptitiously)
comparative more irreptitiously · superlative most irreptitiously
- In an irreptitious manner.
A quadrant is a curvilinear angle traversing round and at an equal distance from a given point, called a centre, no two points in the curve being at the same angle, but irreptitiously graduating from 90 to 60.
1972, Augustus De Morgan, A Budget of Paradoxes Reprinted, with the Author's Additions, from the Athenaeum Augustus De Morgan, page 255
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irreptitiously. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/irreptitiously
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