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Answer for the clue "Behind someone's back ", 9 letters:
deviously

Word definitions for deviously in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
adv. In a devious manner.

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Devious \De"vi*ous\, a. [L. devius; de + via way. See Viaduct .] Out of a straight line; winding; varying from directness; as, a devious path or way. Going out of the right or common course; going astray; erring; wandering; as, a devious step. Syn: Wandering; ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adv. in a devious manner; "he got the promotion by behaving deviously"

Usage examples of deviously.

But of course that was the nature of these special islands: They were only deviously related to mainland Xanth.

His koaksekhel glistened deviously, sending sparks of light into her gaze.

The older page, half-hidden by his horsecloths, was deviously engaged with a handful of smooth pebbles and what looked like a rawhide bird sling.

And the tellers of the tales agreed in warning Sir John to avoid this region and to take the road which ran deviously to the north of Antchar.