surreptitiously

How many syllables in surreptitiously?

  5 syllables

Divide surreptitiously into syllables:   sur-rep-ti-tious-ly
Primary syllable stress:   sur-rep-ti-tious-ly
Secondary syllable stress:   sur-rep-ti-tious-ly
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