deep-laid

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deep-laid

adjective more deep-laid · most deep-laid

usually, of schemes secret and carefully planned. Captain Cuttle, in the exercise of that surprising talent for deep-laid and unfathomable scheming, with which (as is not unusual in men of transparent simplicity) he sincerely believed himself to be endowed by nature, […]
Similar: abstruse, behind the scenes, catlike, backroom, backstairs, stealth, clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, concealed, confidential, covert, deep-laid

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@misc{deep_laid_2026,
  title = {deep-laid},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/deep-laid},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}