in secret

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

Example Sentences

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The fact that she had risked both her own and the babies' lives by giving birth in secret raised the likelihood that she was "really terrified", he said.

From Barron's

The court heard Joynes would "laugh off" inappropriate comments instead of shutting down the behaviour, and eventually arranged to meet in secret.

From BBC

She steals a famous scribe’s manuscript and improves on it in secret.

From Los Angeles Times

She cries in secret and has bulletproof confidence in public.

From Los Angeles Times

Today, much of the back-and-forth between artists and the White House plays out in public, rather than in secret files.

From The Wall Street Journal

in secret

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