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Meanings of subterraneous in English

Lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed (especially being kept in the background or deliberately concealed).

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Examples for "subterranean"
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In the subterranean passage this verse appears; adulatory it must be confessed:-
The Wits and Beaux of Society. Volume 1
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The storm of the past few days had flooded the subterranean level.
Map of bones
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The torches lighted up the subterranean region in which we found ourselves.
With Axe and Rifle
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Given that much time, the subterranean passages will be a gigantic maze.
Cauldron of Ghosts
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On the second day Wabi revisited the subterranean world beyond the cataract.
The Gold Hunters: A Story of Life and Adventure in the Hudson Ba...
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He wondered if sleeping with her would change that ulterior agenda thing.
Here comes trouble
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It seeks its own principally, yet is generous in the ulterior aim.
A Fleece of Gold; Five Lessons from the Fable of Jason and the G...
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He had an ulterior motive for strumming fragments of songs, of course.
Assail
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So yes, I guess you could say I had an ulterior motive.
Karen Memory
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I speak with ulterior views; for there is more in Gray's cellar.
The Book of Snobs
Usage of subterraneous in English
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But by whom the subterraneous vaults are peopled is now utterly unknown.
A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland
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A little from the shore, westward, is a kind of subterraneous house.
The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D.
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I don't envy your subterraneous travels, nor the hospitality of the Hungarians.
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4
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Within the square of columns is a row of subterraneous apartments.
Travels in Syria and the Holy Land
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But the amazing vegetation of subterraneous land was not confined to gigantic mushrooms.
A Journey to the Centre of the Earth
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Matlock abounds with subterraneous caverns, which excite the surprise and admiration of strangers.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 12,...
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From this castle is a subterraneous passage containing many curious remnants of antiquity.
Travels through the Empire of Morocco
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Upon this he built himself a subterraneous study which remained to our times.
Stories of Achievement, Volume III, Orators and Reformers
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Lightning kindled the combustible mass, and the guilty cities sank in the subterraneous conflagration.
Palestine, or, the Holy Land: From the Earliest Period to the Pr...
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Indeed, such subterraneous courses of water are found in various parts of our globe.
Boswell's Life of Johnson / Abridged and edited, with an introdu...
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The occupant assisted him with advice how to proceed, all of which sounded subterraneous.
Put Yourself in His Place
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A lion that fled from them, perceived the subterraneous passage, and took refuge in it.
Thaumaturgia; Or, Elucidations of the Marvellous
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At a few yards from the column is the entrance to a spacious subterraneous cavern.
Travels in Syria and the Holy Land
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At length I determined to excavate a subterraneous room or cellar under the original room.
Autobiography of Sir George Biddell Airy
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Beneath the choir is a subterraneous chapel dedicated to St. Maimertus, otherwise called St. Manvieu.
Account of a Tour in Normandy, Volume 2
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This subterraneous apartment was her kitchen, parlour, and bed-chamber.
The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen
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