Secretly
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈsiː.kɹɪt.li/ · Part of speech adverb
Quick meaning: Secretly is an adverb meaning In secret, covertly.
Meaning
In secret, covertly.
Example Sentences
Mary cheated secretly in the test, and never got caught.
Sometimes her prose hyperventilates ("Once, years ago, his and N.'s love for each other had glowed like phosphorescent fire on the surfaces of their bodies"), and she has a weakness for epiphanies ("There was a man, no longer young, though not yet old, who, traveling alone in northern Europe, began to feel that his soul was being drained slowly, almost secretly from him, drop by drop").
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include covertly, clandestinely, clandestine, stealthily, secrecy, surreptitiously.
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