secretly en · ADV
Pronunciation
- /ˈsiː.kɹət.li/ weak vowel merger
- /ˈsiː.kɹɪt.li/
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Etymology
Etymology tree English secret Middle English -ly English -ly English secretly From secret + -ly.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) In secret, covertly.
Mary cheated secretly in the test, and never got caught.
Sometimes her prose hyperventilates ("Once, years ago, his and N.'s love for each other had glowed like phosphorescent fire on the surfaces of their bodies"), and she has a weakness for epiphanies ("There was a man, no longer young, though not yet old, who, traveling alone in northern Europe, began to feel that his soul was being drained slowly, almost secretly from him, drop by drop").
1988 February 10, James Atlas, “DABBLING IN LOVE - NOT THE NICE KIND”, in The New York Times:
Translations (99)
es a escondidas (in a secret manner) · gd os ìosal (in a secret manner) · it di nascosto (in a secret manner) · ltg paslapyn (in a secret manner) · bg незабелязано (in a secret manner) · ru тайко́м (in a secret manner) · hi चुपके (in a secret manner) · sq fshehurazi (in a secret manner) · atv туйукка (in a secret manner) · ca en secret (in a secret manner) · be тае́мна (in a secret manner) · az gizlin (in a secret manner) · krc кёргюзтмей (in a secret manner) · az xəlvətcə (in a secret manner) · sq fshehtas (in a secret manner) · fr secrètement (in a secret manner) · ca cobertament (in a secret manner) · sh tajno (in a secret manner) · ru та́йно (in a secret manner) · hi छुपके (in a secret manner) · el μυστικά (in a secret manner) · lv slepeni (in a secret manner) · de heimlich (in a secret manner) · sh tajom (in a secret manner) · es de tapadillo (in a secret manner) · az gizlicə (in a secret manner) · kum яшыртгъынлыкъ булан (in a secret manner) · ltg paslapši (in a secret manner) · alt јажытту (in a secret manner) · da hemmeligt (in a secret manner) · la clam (in a secret manner) · enm sleighly (in a secret manner) · io sekrete (in a secret manner) · wa catchetmint (in a secret manner) · ga gan fhios (in a secret manner) · pl potajemnie (in a secret manner) · fi vaivihkaa (in a secret manner) · kaa jasırın (in a secret manner) · nl stiekem (in a secret manner) · ru вта́йне (in a secret manner) · ba йәшертен (in a secret manner) · atv чажырып (in a secret manner) · es en secreto (in a secret manner) · ug يوشۇرۇن (in a secret manner) · grc κρυφᾷ (in a secret manner) · ar سِرًّا (in a secret manner) · grc λαθραίως (in a secret manner) · hu titkon (in a secret manner) · sh тајом (in a secret manner) · es a escondidillas (in a secret manner) · fr en cachette (in a secret manner) · got 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌲𐌽𐌹𐌱𐌰 (in a secret manner) · ba йәшерен (in a secret manner) · la latenter (in a secret manner) · sh кришом (in a secret manner) · pt secretamente (in a secret manner) · atv чажыды была (in a secret manner) · sa सनुतर् (in a secret manner) · grc λάθρᾳ (in a secret manner) · uk тає́мно (in a secret manner) · ca secretament (in a secret manner) · hu titokban (in a secret manner) · el κρυφά (in a secret manner) · txb enestai (in a secret manner) · hy թաքուն (in a secret manner) · sh krišom (in a secret manner) · la furtim (in a secret manner) · eo sekrete (in a secret manner) · cmn 偷偷 (in a secret manner) · tk ýaşyryn (in a secret manner) · fy temûk (in a secret manner) · kum яшыртгъын (in a secret manner) · ru скры́тно (in a secret manner) · uz yashirin (in a secret manner) · got 𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌱𐌾𐍉 (in a secret manner) · fi salassa (in a secret manner) · ko 몰래 (in a secret manner) · es secretamente (in a secret manner) · ug йошурун (in a secret manner) · grc κρυφῇ (in a secret manner) · fi salaisesti (in a secret manner) · da i dølgsmål (in a secret manner) · ru секре́тно (in a secret manner) · fi salaa (in a secret manner) · tt яшертен (in a secret manner) · krc таша (in a secret manner) · kk жасырын (in a secret manner) · hy ծածուկ (in a secret manner) · ja ひそかに (in a secret manner) · krc джашыртын (in a secret manner) · az əlaltından (in a secret manner) · bg тайно (in a secret manner) · es de extranjis (in a secret manner) · tt яшерен (in a secret manner) · sh тајно (in a secret manner) · cs tajně (in a secret manner) · es caleta (in a secret manner) · krc билдирмей (in a secret manner) · de insgeheim (in a secret manner)