Synonyms for secretly
se·cret·ly

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1. secretly, in secret, on the Q.T., on the QTadverb

   in secrecy; not openly

   "met secretly to discuss the invasion plans"; "the children secretly went to the movies when they were supposed to be at the library"; "they arranged to meet in secret"

   Synonyms:
   on the Q.T., in secret, on the QT

2. secretlyadverb

   not openly; inwardly

   "they were secretly delighted at his embarrassment"; "hoped secretly she would change her mind"

   Synonyms:
   on the Q.T., in secret, on the QT

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1. secretlyadjective

   Synonyms:
   privately, privily

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1. List of paraphrases for "secretly":

   covertly, secretely, secret, clandestinely, stealthily, clandestine, privately, confidentially, secrets

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1. Kai Haakon Liekefett:

   Activists are secretly buying up stakes now because they believe the markets have hit rock bottom.

2. House Speaker Richardson:

   When a letter to me did n’t produce the desired response, he contacted my parents. When letters did n’t satisfy him, he made his accusations public on Twitter. And finally, when targeting our family on social media did n’t fulfill his agenda, he secretly recorded his wife admitting to the affair and began shopping the audio tape to news outlets.

3. Debasish Mridha, M.D.:

   Secretly we fear ourselves, not the fear itself.

4. Matt Damon:

   When Matt Damon see Harvey Weinstein and Al Franken taking a picture putting Harvey Weinstein and Al Franken hands on that woman’s flak jacket and mugging for the camera … that is just like a terrible joke, and it’s not funny. It’s wrong, and he should n’t have done that, but when you talk about Harvey Weinstein and what Harvey Weinstein’s accused of, there are no pictures of that. Harvey Weinstein knew Harvey Weinstein was up to no good. There’s no witnesses. There’s no pictures. There’s no braggadocio. That stuff happened secretly, because it was criminal and he knew it. So they don’t belong in the same category.

5. Nile Gardiner:

   He’ll be among members of an economic circle he’s familiar with, some of them, secretly, have a lot of respect for what he’s trying to accomplish.