in secret

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All (3) Adjective (1) Adverb (2)

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behind-the-scenes adj.
huggermugger adv.
secretly adv.

ADJECTIVE

behind-the-scenes

Synonyms

WEAK

backstage behind the curtain in a corner in the dark out of public view sub-rosa

ADVERB

huggermugger

Synonyms

WEAK

behind closed doors behind someone's back by stealth clandestinely confidentially covertly furtively hush-hush in camera in confidence in holes and corners in strict confidence insidiously intimately o obscurely on the Q.T.

ADVERB

secretly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

clandestinely covertly furtively personally privately quietly stealthily surreptitiously

WEAK

behind closed doors behind someone's back by stealth confidentially hush-hush in camera in confidence in holes and corners in strict confidence insidiously intimately obscurely on the Q.T. on the quiet on the sly privily slyly sub-rosa under the table underhandedly unobserved

Antonyms

STRONGEST

publicly

WEAK

openly

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in secret

What really angered stakeholders, however, was Infantino’s brazen move to develop the FFE in secret, only to have its details leak out.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026

A will can be made and a will can be changed, and it can be done in secret, without a spouse’s knowledge or consent.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026

Several expressed concerns that they might not continue to attend in-person events if they were being recorded in secret.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

They then go into a private room no one else is allowed to enter so that they can deliberate in secret.

From Slate ● Jul. 15, 2026

So he had started meeting with the Second in secret.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee

in secret

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