unopenlyadv.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈəʊp(ə)nli/, U.S. /ˌənˈoʊpənli/ rare.
Not openly: without candour or transparency; (also) privately, discreetly.
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1838 R. Bagot Let. in H. P. Liddon et al. Life E. B. Pusey (1893) II. xxi. 57 Feeling sure that you will not think that I ever..acted unopenly towards you.
1919 Detriot Free Press 8 Aug. 4/1 The hitherto closed proceedings..whereby the treaty of Versailles was unopenly arrived at.
2010 G. Nauffts Next Fall 60 I don't even know if you're openly gay... Or unopenly gay, even.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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