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Meanings of secretly in English

Spanish
secretamente

In secrecy; not openly.

secretamente
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Examples for "in secret"
Examples for "in secret"
1
It takes evidence in secret and its reports are subject to censorship.
The Guardian
2
Intensive international inspections would prevent it from violating the terms in secret.
Reuters
3
Ai Mi writes: Of course, this had to be done in secret.
The Guardian
4
The marriage took place in secret and ended in grief and death.
The Eternal City
5
But the president and the cabinet can consider the matter in secret.
Studies in Civics
1
If the note is straight goods I've got to work on the Q.T.
The Big-Town Round-Up
2
He told us a few minutes later that he had sold seven such samples on the Q.T.
I Married a Ranger
3
Strictly on the Q.T., of course.
Tell England / A Study in a Generation
4
Now we aren't bullies, and perhaps, had you comforted your friend on the Q.T., and been copped doing so, we'd have let you off.
Tell England / A Study in a Generation
5
He knew why she had balked at investigating Waters on the q.t.
Big sky standoff
1
We had a couple of further meetings in Scotland, on the QT.
The Guardian
2
Asked him to check it out for me on the QT.
Sins of the Fathers
3
Potential combination effects on the QT interval were also assessed.
Pubmed
4
Further, we review the potential mechanisms and pathophysiology of sex hormones on the QT interval.
Pubmed
5
I have a problem that needs to stay on the QT, but is rapidly going FUBAR.
Blood rites
Usage of secretly in English
1
And that they'll ask the obvious questions we all secretly wonder about.
Wired
2
In fact, I was secretly watching out of the window for Europe.
Neither here nor there: travels in europe
3
So they were in the habit of meeting secretly in the forest.
The Camp Fire Girls in the Maine Woods; Or, The Winnebagos Go Ca...
4
Lots of victims are involved in crime, so they live very secretly.
The Irish Times
5
Last week, Reuters also detailed how US authorities secretly tracked Huawei's activities.
Radio NZ
6
The programme involved undercover reporters secretly filming at a number of creches.
The Irish Times
7
There were dissident cells in the city, young people who met secretly.
The draining lake
8
It won't give them a written copy; family secretly record the meeting.
Radio NZ
9
Perhaps we shall leave secretly; we have remained in Madrid long enough.
A Word, Only a Word — Volume 03
10
The slanderer works secretly; this mischief-maker goes the plain way to work.
Expositions of Holy Scripture / Second Kings Chapters VIII to En...
11
And then you'll secretly make certain adjustments to critical parts and systems.
Mentats of Dune
12
Paolo Soranzo secretly hoped she was in the arms of the Neapolitan.
The Bravo: A Tale
13
She watched him secretly; watching herself, too, in the characteristic modern way.
Lady Merton, Colonist
14
He thought that his father would no doubt have secretly admired him.
Depths
15
And there were times when he was secretly glad to be home.
Lone eagle
16
She was secretly hoping he would reply, You're right, Jenny, my love.
The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair
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Secretly through the time
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