deep-laid
carefully, cunningly, or secretly made: a deep-laid plot.
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How to use deep-laid in a sentence
In both cases, the result looks as if there had been a deep-laid and unscrupulous plan all along.
The Cradle of Mankind | W.A. WigramBut an obstacle arose to even the deep-laid plans of Macnooder himself.
The Varmint | Owen JohnsonBarry was, however, too tipsy to pay much attention to this, or to understand any deep-laid plans.
The Kellys and the O'Kellys | Anthony TrollopeA horrible fear came over him that his deep-laid scheme was about to end in failure.
The Tinted Venus | F. AnsteyShe had detected many a deep-laid plot he had devised to secure for her that eminence and station he longed for.
Sir Jasper Carew | Charles James Lever
British Dictionary definitions for deep-laid
(of a plot or plan) carefully worked out and kept secret
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