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Secretively working in an empty electrical workroom in her housing complex, Vicaria steals away in the night, literally and figuratively, to work on her project of reanimation.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2023

Secretively, I've always been interested in adventure, action, something for the family.

From Reuters • May 13, 2011

Secretively, the lad gave me this explanation: “Since I had to hurry so much, everything here had to be put in place very quickly.”

From Travel Tales in the Promised Land (Palestine) by May, Karl Friedrich

Secretively he had kept one package until the last.

From Widdershins by Onions, Oliver [pseud.]