Definitions

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

“The risk-taking can be happening in secret, and that gets into violating trust and financial infidelity,” Taylor warned.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026

The girls -- who help others in their building with their homework -- have recently started going to classes outside in secret.

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

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

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

It would prove to be one of the most important debates in American history, and it took place entirely in secret.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin

in secret

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