Secretly

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Mục lục 1 Adjective 1.1 done, made, or conducted without the knowledge of others 1.2 kept from the knowledge of any but the initiated or privileged 1.3 faithful or cautious in keeping confidential matters confidential; close-mouthed; reticent. 1.4 designed or working to escape notice, knowledge, or observation 1.5 secluded, sheltered, or withdrawn 1.6 beyond ordinary human understanding; esoteric. 1.7 (of information, a document, etc.) 2 Noun 2.1 something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed. 2.2 a mystery 2.3 a reason or explanation not immediately or generally apparent. 2.4 a method, formula, plan, etc., known only to the initiated or the few 2.5 a classification assigned to information, a document, etc., considered less vital to security than top-secret but more vital than confidential, and limiting its use to persons who have been cleared, as by various government agencies, as trustworthy to handle such material. Compare classification ( def. 5 ) . 2.6 ( initial capital letter ) Liturgy . a variable prayer in the Roman and other Latin liturgies, said inaudibly by the celebrant after the offertory and immediately before the preface. ? 3 Idiom 3.1 in secret 4 Antonyms 4.1 adverb 5 Synonyms 5.1 adverb

Adjective

done, made, or conducted without the knowledge of others

secret negotiations.

kept from the knowledge of any but the initiated or privileged

a secret password.

faithful or cautious in keeping confidential matters confidential; close-mouthed; reticent.

designed or working to escape notice, knowledge, or observation

a secret drawer; the secret police.

secluded, sheltered, or withdrawn

a secret hiding place.

beyond ordinary human understanding; esoteric.

(of information, a document, etc.)

bearing the classification secret.

limited to persons authorized to use information documents, etc., so classified.

Noun

something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.

a mystery

the secrets of nature.

a reason or explanation not immediately or generally apparent.

a method, formula, plan, etc., known only to the initiated or the few

the secret of happiness; a trade secret.

a classification assigned to information, a document, etc., considered less vital to security than top-secret but more vital than confidential, and limiting its use to persons who have been cleared, as by various government agencies, as trustworthy to handle such material. Compare classification ( def. 5 ) .

( initial capital letter ) Liturgy . a variable prayer in the Roman and other Latin liturgies, said inaudibly by the celebrant after the offertory and immediately before the preface. ?

Idiom

in secret

unknown to others; in private; secretly

A resistance movement was already being organized in secret.

Antonyms

adverb

openly , publicly

Synonyms

adverb

behind closed doors * , behind someone’s back , by stealth , clandestinely , confidentially , covertly , furtively , hush-hush * , in camera , in confidence , in holes and corners , in secret , insidiously , in strict confidence , intimately , obscurely , on the qt , on the quiet , on the sly , personally , privately , privily , quietly , slyly , stealthily , sub rosa , surreptitiously , underhandedly , under the table , unobserved , huggermugger