di sottecchi

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Italian

Adverb

di sottecchi

  1. furtively, stealthily, secretly
  2. sidelong
    • 1980, Umberto Eco, “Primo giorno - Verso nona”, in Il nome della rosa [The Name of the Rose] (I grandi tascabili), Milan: Bompiani, published 1984, page 75:
      Severino guardò il maestro di sottecchi: "Ti interessi di erboristeria?"
      Severino glanced sidelong at the master: "Are you interested in herbal medicine?"