deep-laid

American  

[deep-leyd] / ˈdipˈleɪd /

adjective

1. carefully, cunningly, or secretly made.

   a deep-laid plot.

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deep-laid British  

adjective

1. (of a plot or plan) carefully worked out and kept secret

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Etymology

Origin of deep-laid

First recorded in 1760–70

Example Sentences

The Literary World says:—"As a story of interest, with a deep-laid and exciting plot, this of the 'Mysterious Mr. Sabin' can hardly be surpassed."

From First Person Paramount by Pratt, Ambrose

If it were a scheme of the most deep-laid coquetry, instead of the result of a lifetime's habit of self-sacrifice, she could not have hit upon a better method of inflaming his passion.

From Doctor Cupid by Broughton, Rhoda

Spencer has pointed out that the Universe is one deep-laid framework for the production of such beneficent contrivances.

From The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 by Various

Neither she, nor the German people, understood how her policy was aiding the deep-laid plans of Bismarck.

From A History of Germany From the Earliest Times to the Present Day by Taylor, Bayard

"That's my belief," agreed Stone; "the whole affair is a carefully planned and deep-laid scheme, and concocted in a clever and diabolically ingenious brain."

From The Diamond Pin by Wells, Carolyn