Exact Match:
- covertly
- in a covert manner; "he did it covertly"
Synonyms:
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Related Words:
- sub rosa
collapse - in secret or covertly; "held a meeting sub rosa to avoid general criticism" related words >
- behind the curtain,
- behind the scenes,
- behind the veil,
- by stealth,
- covertly,
- furtively,
- hugger-mugger,
- in a corner,
- in a whisper,
- in camera,
- in darkness,
- in hidlings,
- in secret,
- in the background,
- in the dark,
- nobody the wiser,
- privately,
- secretly,
- sotto voce,
- stealthily,
- surreptitiously,
- under the breath,
- under the rose,
- undercover,
- underground,
- with bated breath
- privately
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- kept private or confined to those intimately concerned; "it was discussed privately between the two men"; "privately, she thought differently"; "some member of his own party hoped privately for his defeat"; "he was questioned in private"
- by a private person or interest; "a privately financed campaign" related words >
- a huis clos,
- apart,
- aside,
- behind closed doors,
- by stealth,
- covertly,
- furtively,
- hugger-mugger,
- in camera,
- in chambers,
- in executive session,
- in person,
- in privacy,
- in private,
- in private conference,
- in privy,
- in propria persona,
- in the flesh,
- individually,
- januis clausis,
- personally,
- privily,
- stealthily,
- sub rosa,
- surreptitiously
- at night,
- behind the curtain,
- behind the scenes,
- behind the veil,
- benighted,
- by night,
- covertly,
- dark,
- darkling,
- in a corner,
- in a whisper,
- in darkness,
- in hidlings,
- in secret,
- in the background,
- in the night,
- nobody the wiser,
- secretly,
- sotto voce,
- sub rosa,
- under the breath,
- under the rose,
- undercover,
- underground,
- with bated breath
- secretly
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- not openly; inwardly; "they were secretly delighted at his embarrassment"; "hoped secretly she would change her mind"
- in secrecy; not openly; "met secretly to discuss the invasion plans"; "the children secretly went to the movies when they were supposed to be at the library"; "they arranged to meet in secret" related words >
- behind closed doors,
- behind the curtain,
- behind the scenes,
- behind the veil,
- by stealth,
- confidentially,
- covertly,
- furtively,
- hugger-mugger,
- in a corner,
- in a whisper,
- in camera,
- in darkness,
- in hidlings,
- in secret,
- in the background,
- in the dark,
- mysteriously,
- nobody the wiser,
- on the quiet,
- on the sly,
- privately,
- privily,
- quietly,
- slyly,
- sotto voce,
- stealthily,
- sub rosa,
- surreptitiously,
- under the breath,
- under the rose,
- undercover,
- underground,
- with bated breath
- sotto voce
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- in an undertone; "he uttered a curse sotto voce" related words >
- a cappella,
- abbandono,
- accrescendo,
- affettuoso,
- agilmente,
- agitato,
- amabile,
- amoroso,
- appassionatamente,
- appassionato,
- aside,
- behind the curtain,
- behind the scenes,
- behind the veil,
- between the teeth,
- brillante,
- capriccioso,
- con affetto,
- con agilita,
- con agitazione,
- con amore,
- covertly,
- crescendo,
- decrescendo,
- diminuendo,
- dolce,
- forte,
- fortissimo,
- in a corner,
- in a whisper,
- in an aside,
- in darkness,
- in hidlings,
- in secret,
- in the background,
- in the dark,
- lamentabile,
- leggiero,
- morendo,
- nobody the wiser,
- out of earshot,
- parlando,
- pianissimo,
- piano,
- pizzicato,
- scherzando,
- scherzoso,
- secretly,
- sordo,
- spiccato,
- staccato,
- stretto,
- sub rosa,
- tremolando,
- tremoloso,
- trillando,
- under the breath,
- under the rose,
- undercover,
- underground,
- with bated breath
- abjectly,
- anticipatingly,
- anticipatively,
- anticipatorily,
- anxious,
- apprehensive,
- apprehensively,
- aside,
- bashfully,
- behind the curtain,
- behind the scenes,
- behind the veil,
- between the teeth,
- covertly,
- diffidently,
- expectantly,
- expectingly,
- fearfully,
- for fear of,
- hopefully,
- humbly,
- in a corner,
- in a whisper,
- in an aside,
- in darkness,
- in hidlings,
- in secret,
- in suspense,
- in the background,
- in the dark,
- keyed-up,
- meekly,
- modestly,
- mousily,
- nobody the wiser,
- on all fours,
- on bended knee,
- on edge,
- on tenterhooks,
- on tiptoe,
- out of earshot,
- quakingly,
- quivering,
- secretly,
- shrinkingly,
- shyly,
- sotto voce,
- sub rosa,
- submissively,
- taut,
- tense,
- timidly,
- timorously,
- tremblingly,
- tremulously,
- under the breath,
- under the rose,
- undercover,
- underground,
- with breathless expectation,
- with due deference,
- with muscles tense
- secrecy
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- the trait of keeping things secret related words >
- Jim Crow,
- apartheid,
- apartness,
- burial,
- burying,
- censorship,
- clandestineness,
- clouding,
- concealedness,
- concealment,
- confidentiality,
- confidentially,
- covering,
- covering up,
- covertly,
- covertness,
- darkening,
- deception,
- detachment,
- disappearance,
- furtively,
- furtiveness,
- hiddenness,
- hiding,
- hugger-mugger,
- hugger-muggery,
- hush,
- hush-hush,
- immateriality,
- imperceptibility,
- indiscernibility,
- interment,
- invisibility,
- isolation,
- isolationism,
- masking,
- mysteriously,
- mystery,
- mystification,
- nonappearance,
- obscuration,
- obscurement,
- occultation,
- privacy,
- privately,
- privatism,
- privatization,
- putting away,
- quarantine,
- recess,
- reclusion,
- retirement,
- retreat,
- rustication,
- screening,
- seclusion,
- secretion,
- secretively,
- secretiveness,
- secretly,
- secretness,
- segregation,
- separation,
- sequestration,
- silence,
- sneakily,
- splendid isolation,
- stealth,
- stealthily,
- subterfuge,
- suppression,
- surreptitiously,
- surreptitiousness,
- the invisible,
- the unseen,
- uncommunicativeness,
- unperceivability,
- unseeableness,
- unsubstantiality,
- viewlessness,
- withdrawal
- DR,
- alive to,
- appreciative of,
- apprised of,
- awake to,
- aware of,
- back to back,
- backstage,
- before an audience,
- before the footlights,
- behind,
- behind the curtain,
- behind the veil,
- camouflaged,
- causal,
- causative,
- cognizant of,
- concealed,
- conscious of,
- constitutive,
- covertly,
- decisive,
- determinative,
- disguised,
- down left,
- down right,
- downstage,
- effectual,
- etiological,
- formative,
- hep to,
- hidden,
- imperceptible,
- in a corner,
- in a whisper,
- in back of,
- in darkness,
- in hidlings,
- in secret,
- in the background,
- in the dark,
- in the know,
- in the limelight,
- in the rear,
- in the secret,
- indiscernible,
- informed of,
- insensible,
- institutive,
- invisible,
- latent,
- let into,
- mindful of,
- no stranger to,
- nobody the wiser,
- occasional,
- off stage,
- on the stage,
- on to,
- onstage,
- originative,
- out of sight,
- pivotal,
- privy to,
- secret,
- secretly,
- seized of,
- sensible of,
- sensible to,
- sightless,
- sotto voce,
- streetwise,
- sub rosa,
- submerged,
- tandem,
- unapparent,
- unbeheld,
- unbeholdable,
- undeceived,
- under the breath,
- under the rose,
- undercover,
- underground,
- undiscernible,
- unnoticed,
- unobserved,
- unperceivable,
- unperceived,
- unrealized,
- unseeable,
- unseen,
- unviewed,
- unwitnessed,
- up left,
- upright,
- upstage,
- viewless,
- wise to,
- with bated breath
- hugger mugger
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- act stealthily or secretively related words >
- airtight secrecy,
- all over,
- all over hell,
- anarchic,
- arsy-varsy,
- ass-backwards,
- back-door,
- backstairs,
- balled up,
- black out,
- bollixed up,
- by stealth,
- censor,
- chaotic,
- clandestine,
- close secrecy,
- closeness,
- concealment,
- confused,
- covert,
- covertly,
- crypticness,
- discreetness,
- discretion,
- evasion,
- evasiveness,
- every which way,
- feline,
- fouled up,
- furtive,
- furtively,
- galley-west,
- harum-scarum,
- hash,
- helter-skelter,
- hiddenness,
- hidlings,
- higgledy-piggledy,
- hole-and-corner,
- hugger-muggery,
- hush,
- hush up,
- hush-hush,
- in a jumble,
- in a mess,
- in a muddle,
- in camera,
- in confusion,
- in disarray,
- in disorder,
- jumble,
- jumbled,
- jungle,
- kill,
- litter,
- mash,
- mixed up,
- mucked up,
- muddle,
- muddled,
- muffle,
- privately,
- privy,
- quash,
- quiet,
- repress,
- rummage,
- scattered,
- scramble,
- screwed up,
- secrecy,
- secretiveness,
- secretness,
- shifty,
- shush,
- silence,
- sit on,
- skimble-skamble,
- skulking,
- slinking,
- slinky,
- sly,
- smother,
- snafu,
- sneaking,
- sneaky,
- squash,
- squelch,
- stealthily,
- stealthy,
- stifle,
- sub rosa,
- subterfuge,
- suppress,
- surreptitious,
- surreptitiously,
- the dark,
- topsy-turvy,
- tumble,
- uncommunicativeness,
- under-the-counter,
- under-the-table,
- undercover,
- underground,
- underhand,
- underhanded,
- underneath,
- unobtrusive,
- upside-down,
- willy-nilly
- private
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- an enlisted man of the lowest rank; "our prisoner was just a private and knew nothing of value"
- concerning things deeply private and personal; "private correspondence"; "private family matters"
- confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy; "a private place"; "private discussions"; "private lessons"; "a private club"; "a private secretary"; "private property"; "the former President is now a private citizen"; "public figures struggle to maintain a private life" related words >
- Tommy,
- Tommy Atkins,
- absolute,
- anonymous,
- antisocial,
- behind closed doors,
- buck private,
- certain,
- clandestine,
- closet,
- common soldier,
- concealed,
- concrete,
- confidential,
- confidentially,
- covert,
- covertly,
- deep-seated,
- defined,
- definite,
- detailed,
- determinate,
- different,
- discreet,
- distinct,
- distinguished,
- enlisted man,
- esoteric,
- especial,
- exceptional,
- exclusive,
- express,
- extraordinary,
- fixed,
- furtively,
- genitalia,
- genitals,
- grunt,
- hermitical,
- hidden,
- hush-hush,
- hushed,
- idiosyncratic,
- immanent,
- implanted,
- implicit,
- in camera,
- in private,
- in secret,
- inaccessible,
- inalienable,
- incognito,
- individual,
- indwelling,
- infantryman,
- infixed,
- ingrained,
- inherent,
- inmost,
- inner,
- innermost,
- inside,
- interior,
- internal,
- intimate,
- intrinsic,
- inward,
- inwrought,
- irreducible,
- isolated,
- minute,
- noncommissioned officer,
- not for publication,
- noteworthy,
- off the record,
- on the sly,
- own,
- particular,
- peculiar,
- personal,
- personally,
- precise,
- private first class,
- privately,
- privileged,
- privy,
- reclusive,
- reserved,
- resident,
- respective,
- restricted,
- restrictive,
- reticent,
- retired,
- retiring,
- secluded,
- seclusive,
- secret,
- secretively,
- secretly,
- sequestered,
- several,
- sex organs,
- singular,
- sneakily,
- sneaking,
- sneakingly,
- solipsistic,
- solitary,
- special,
- specific,
- sub rosa,
- subjective,
- surreptitious,
- surreptitiously,
- top secret,
- unalienable,
- unchallengeable,
- uncommunicative,
- undisclosed,
- unofficial,
- unquestionable,
- unsociable,
- unsocial,
- withdrawn
- above water,
- abstruse,
- armored,
- at anchor,
- back-door,
- backstairs,
- beclouded,
- behind the curtain,
- behind the scenes,
- behind the veil,
- blind,
- buried,
- cased,
- ceiled,
- clandestine,
- cloaked,
- close,
- clouded,
- coated,
- concealed,
- confidential,
- coped,
- covered,
- covert,
- covertly,
- cowled,
- curtained,
- doggo,
- eclipsed,
- encapsulated,
- encapsuled,
- encased,
- enveloped,
- enwrapped,
- feline,
- filmed,
- floored,
- furtive,
- hid,
- hidden,
- hidden out,
- hidlings,
- high and dry,
- hole-and-corner,
- hooded,
- housed,
- hugger-mugger,
- hush-hush,
- in a cloud,
- in a corner,
- in a fog,
- in a whisper,
- in ambush,
- in darkness,
- in eclipse,
- in harbor,
- in hiding,
- in hidlings,
- in purdah,
- in safety,
- in secret,
- in the background,
- in the clear,
- in the dark,
- in the wings,
- incommunicado,
- latent,
- loricate,
- loricated,
- lurking,
- mantled,
- masked,
- muffled,
- mysterious,
- nobody the wiser,
- obfuscated,
- obscure,
- obscured,
- occult,
- occulted,
- on,
- on tiptoe,
- out of danger,
- packaged,
- past danger,
- paved,
- private,
- privy,
- prowling,
- pussyfoot,
- pussyfooted,
- quiet,
- recondite,
- roofed-in,
- screened,
- scummed,
- secluded,
- secluse,
- secret,
- secretly,
- sequestered,
- sheathed,
- shelled,
- shielded,
- shifty,
- shrouded,
- skulking,
- slinking,
- slinky,
- sly,
- sneaking,
- sneaky,
- sotto voce,
- stealing,
- stealthy,
- sub rosa,
- surreptitious,
- swathed,
- tented,
- terra firma,
- under an eclipse,
- under cover,
- under house arrest,
- under the breath,
- under the rose,
- under wraps,
- under-the-counter,
- under-the-table,
- underground,
- underhand,
- underhanded,
- underneath,
- unknown,
- unobtrusive,
- veiled,
- waiting concealed,
- walled,
- walled-in,
- with bated breath,
- wrapped,
- wrapped in clouds
- covert
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- a flock of coots
- secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; "covert actions by the CIA"; "covert funding for the rebels"
- (of a wife) being under the protection of her husband; " a woman covert" related words >
- abri,
- abstruse,
- air-raid shelter,
- armored,
- asylum,
- back-door,
- backstairs,
- beclouded,
- between the lines,
- blanket,
- blind,
- bolt-hole,
- bomb shelter,
- bombproof,
- boscage,
- bosket,
- brake,
- bunker,
- buried,
- burrow,
- by stealth,
- cache,
- camouflaged,
- canebrake,
- cased,
- cave,
- ceiled,
- ceja,
- chamisal,
- chaparral,
- clandestine,
- cloak,
- cloaked,
- close,
- clouded,
- coat,
- coated,
- concealed,
- concealment,
- coped,
- coppice,
- copse,
- copsewood,
- corner,
- couch,
- cover,
- coverage,
- covered,
- covering,
- covertly,
- coverture,
- cowl,
- cowled,
- cowling,
- cranny,
- cryptic,
- cubby,
- cubbyhole,
- curtain,
- curtained,
- cyclone cellar,
- dark corner,
- delitescent,
- den,
- disguised,
- dormant,
- drape,
- drapery,
- dugout,
- earth,
- eclipsed,
- encapsulated,
- encapsuled,
- encased,
- enveloped,
- enwrapped,
- esoteric,
- fallout shelter,
- feather,
- feathers,
- feline,
- filmed,
- floored,
- form,
- foxhole,
- frith,
- funk hole,
- furtive,
- furtively,
- guarded,
- guise,
- hackle,
- hanging,
- harbor,
- harborage,
- haven,
- hibernating,
- hid,
- hidden,
- hideaway,
- hideout,
- hidey hole,
- hiding,
- hiding place,
- hidlings,
- hole,
- hole-and-corner,
- hood,
- hooded,
- housed,
- housing,
- hugger-mugger,
- hush-hush,
- in a cloud,
- in a fog,
- in camera,
- in eclipse,
- in purdah,
- in the wings,
- incommunicado,
- lair,
- latent,
- lodge,
- loricate,
- loricated,
- lurking,
- mail,
- mantle,
- mantled,
- mask,
- masked,
- mew,
- motte,
- muffled,
- mysterious,
- mystic,
- niche,
- nook,
- obfuscated,
- obscure,
- obscured,
- occult,
- occulted,
- packaged,
- pall,
- paved,
- plumage,
- port,
- possible,
- potential,
- privately,
- privy,
- quiet,
- recess,
- recondite,
- refuge,
- retreat,
- roofed-in,
- run,
- safety zone,
- sanctuary,
- screen,
- screened,
- scummed,
- secluded,
- secluse,
- secret,
- secret place,
- sequestered,
- sheathed,
- shelled,
- shelter,
- shield,
- shielded,
- shifty,
- shroud,
- shrouded,
- skulking,
- sleeping,
- slinking,
- slinky,
- sly,
- sneaking,
- sneaky,
- speculum,
- stash,
- stealthily,
- stealthy,
- storm cave,
- storm cellar,
- sub rosa,
- submerged,
- surreptitious,
- surreptitiously,
- swathed,
- tented,
- thicket,
- thickset,
- trench,
- tunnel,
- under an eclipse,
- under cover,
- under house arrest,
- under the surface,
- under wraps,
- under-the-counter,
- under-the-table,
- undercover,
- undercovert,
- underground,
- underhand,
- underhanded,
- underlying,
- unknown,
- unmanifested,
- unobtrusive,
- veil,
- veiled,
- vestment,
- virtual,
- walled,
- walled-in,
- wrapped,
- wrapped in clouds
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