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Word entry · 11 letters

clandestine

Best crossword clue

"Kept hidden"

11 letters · collected on this word page

11 lettersPronunciation /klænˈdɛst(a)ɪn/Part of speech adjectiveSorted acdeeilnnstStarts with CEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
1C2L3A4N5D6E7S8T9I10N11E

Definitions

  1. Secret, hidden, or done in concealment.

Word origin

From Latin clandestīnus (“secret, concealed”); compare French clandestin.

Used in a sentence

  • clandestine military operations
  • Whether the torments of absence were softened by a clandestine correspondence, let us not inquire. Mr. and Mrs. Morland never did.
  • Lady Bullingdon could not, of course, countenance such an arrangement for a moment, and the two unhappy persons escaped for a clandestine marriage.

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