hole-and-corner, adj.
conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
<adj.all> (a) freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
clandestine cloak-and-dagger hole-and-corner hugger-mugger hush-hush secret surreptitious undercover underground
sample sentences
"clandestine intelligence operations""cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines"
"hole-and-corner intrigue"
"secret missions"
"a secret agent"
"secret sales of arms"
"surreptitious mobilization of troops"
"an undercover investigation"
"underground resistance"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
similar to
relating to the peripheral and unimportant aspects of life
<adj.all>
hole-and-corner hole-in-corner
sample sentences
"a hole-and-corner life in some obscure community"- H.G.Wells
semantic pointers
similar to