secretly

[US]/'si:kritli/
[UK]/ˈsikrɪtlɪ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adv. in a way that is not known or seen by others; in a concealed or discrete manner

Example Sentences

The President is understood to have secretly left the country.

I think he’s secretly revelling in all the attention.

He watched them secretly,through a chink in the wall.

They secretly entered into collusion with the northern warlords.

Friends managed to smuggle him secretly out of the country.

He secretly despised his father.

Bill said he was secretly revelling in his new-found fame.

The controversial experiment involved secretly filming a group of children.

He secretly hoped that fate would intervene and save him having to meet her.

He succeeded in his profession, but he always secretly considered himself an impostor.

Use the victim privacy information that comes secretly to have bilk, extortionary case many.

'It's being put about that she was secretly married to a millionaire.' 'Who put that lie about?'

We got married secretly and then presented our parents with a fait accompli.

Secretly investigate mugwump of every state's government and fund condition that world financial organization embezzle designated fund;

She immediately became involved in an underground movement Aliyah Bet, which secretly organized the expatriation to the promised land of Jews who had escaped Nazi concentration camps.

News men divulged that the two countries had met together secretly several times before they arrived at the peaceful agreement.

Real-world Examples

The actress made her exit secretly from an unseen exit.

Source: IELTS Vocabulary: Category Recognition

I had to burn it secretly, he says.

Source: CNN 10 Student English March 2018 Collection

He crawled into the barn secretly.

Source: 101 Children's English Stories

Jailed gang leaders often give orders secretly through mobile phones.

Source: VOA Special English: World

This is when people get into a network secretly, without permission.

Source: Grandpa and Grandma's grammar class

They want to move money from place to place secretly, without governments knowing about it.

Source: Slow American English

But secretly, I was hoping for $5,000.

Source: CNN 10 Student English March 2018 Collection

No, in this case, to steal means to do something secretly.

Source: VOA Special February 2019 Collection

But the BBC was told infanticide is carried out secretly and often goes unreported. Anne Soy.

Source: BBC Listening Collection October 2018

People would try to bring goods into the United States secretly, without paying taxes on them.

Source: VOA Special January 2019 Collection

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