deep-laid
English
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editdeep-laid (comparative more deep-laid, superlative most deep-laid)
- (of schemes, etc.) secret and carefully planned.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:covert
- 1848, Charles Dickens, chapter XVII, in Dombey and Son[1]:
- 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, […]
- 1900, Winston Churchill, chapter X, in London to Ladysmith via Pretoria[2]:
- 'Then why did you make every preparation—turn the Republics into armed camps—prepare deep-laid plans for the invasion of our Colonies?'
- 1914, Jack London, The Strength of the Strong[3], The Dream of Debs:
- What worried him was the wire-cutting; he could not but believe that it was an important part of the deep-laid labour conspiracy.