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secretly

[ see-krit-lee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adverb

in a way that is kept from the knowledge of others or is designed to escape their notice:
He later discovered that the couple had secretly married in a discreet ceremony six months ago.
Many of the wood and stone looks you see in homes every day are secretly vinyl flooring.

While many Hawaiians still secretly worshipped the old gods, kapu was dead as a public pillar of the social structure.

Britain refuses to listen, but has shocked the art world by secretly loaning one of the antiquities to Russia.

But secretly rooting for the good Israelis and wishing them success is one thing.

He proceeds to tease me, asking if our interview is “secretly a date?”

As other prisoners took advantage of the rehabilitation programs offered, Lane and Opperud secretly planned an escape.

He had not estimated that if Jean Baptiste sought his wife secretly, it must have been because he wished to avoid him.

Seeing that this would not be conceded, he commenced to persecute Christians openly and secretly.

It is said that the governor has money taken from the royal treasury secretly at night.

Who among us would fail to believe what we have, perhaps, secretly wished for in our heart of hearts?

Mrs. Armine was fatigued by the journey, and by the long day at Denderah, which had secretly depressed her.

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