| Allg. |
underhand; on the sly (Anglophile); in an underhand way (Anglophile); stealthily (Bogdan._); on the quiet; by stealth (Anglophile); furtive (furtive look – взгляд исподтишка Stas-Soleil); furtively (Stas-Soleil); under the radar (idiomatic) Without attracting notice; in an undetected or secretive manner. 2004 Aug. 30, Andrea Sachs, "About-Face," Time: Institutional change has not happened. But it's done quietly under the radar at lots of places. WT. under the or someone's) radar, entirely escaping someone's) attention: his offensive article managed to get under the radar and be published; the appointment time somehow slipped under my radar; her behaviour is so good that she falls under the radar and doesn't get enough attention. MD Alexander Demidov); slyly; slily; surreptitiously; underhandedly (Andrey Truhachev); sneakily (suburbian) |
