Backstairs (Adjective)
Meaning
Secret and sly or sordid; "backstairs gossip"; "his low backstairs cunning"- A.L.Guerard; "backstairs intimacies"; "furtive behavior".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The corrupt politician was accused of engaging in backstairs deals to secure her re-election.
- Her backstairs methods of gathering information led to several high-profile scandals.
- The revelation of the backstairs affair left the public reeling in shock and disgust.
- His backstairs motives for helping the charity were slowly revealed as he stood to gain financially.
- Backstairs negotiations took place between the companies, resulting in a secret merger.