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secretly

  • /ˈsiː.kɹɪt.li/
  • /ˈsiː.kɹət.li/

adverb

  1. not comparable In secret, covertly. Mary cheated secretly in the test, and never got caught.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: in secret, covertly, clandestinely, clandestine, stealthily, secrecy, surreptitiously, privately, confidential, confidentially, hidden, illegally, quietly, mysterious, incommunicado, inwardly

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adv in a secret manner

Españolsecretamente, en secreto, caleta, a escondidas, a escondidillas, de extranjis
한국어몰래 mollae
日本語ひそかに hisoka ni
中文偷偷 tōutōu
हिन्दीचुपके cupke, छुपके chupke
Portuguêssecretamente
Françaissecrètement, en cachette
Deutschheimlich, insgeheim
Italianodi nascosto
Ελληνικάκρυφά kryfá, μυστικά mystiká
Русскийта́йно tájno, секре́тно sekrétno, тайко́м tajkóm, вта́йне vtájne, скры́тно skrýtno
العربيةسِرًّا sirran

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@misc{secretly_2026,
  title = {secretly},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/secretly},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}