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in secret
se·cret S0205900 (sē′krĭt)adj.1. a. Kept hidden from knowledge or view; concealed: a secret identity; a secret passageway.b. Not expressed; inward: secret desires.2. a. Given to keeping one's thoughts and activities unknown to others; secretive: "Scrooge ... was secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster" (Charles Dickens).b. Not revealing a secret or not given to revealing secrets: "She boasted ... that he did tell her. But he didn't. He was secret as the grave" (Ruth Prawer Jhabvala).3. a. Operating in a hidden or confidential manner: a secret commission; a secret agent.b. Containing information, the unauthorized disclosure of which poses a grave threat to national security.4. Not much visited; secluded: a secret hiding place.5. a. Known or shared only by the initiated: secret rites.b. Beyond ordinary understanding; mysterious: "like Pan, calling out with his flute to come join in on the secret chaos of the world" (Rick Bass).n.1. Something that is kept out of the knowledge or sight of others or is known only to oneself or a few: wanted to have no secrets between them.2. Something that remains beyond understanding or explanation; a mystery: unlocking the secrets of the atom.3. A method or formula for doing or making something well, especially when not widely known: The secret of this dish is in the sauce.4. Secret A variable prayer said after the Offertory and before the Preface in the Mass.Idiom: in secret Without others knowing.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin sēcrētus, from past participle of sēcernere, to set aside : sē-, apart; see s(w)e- in Indo-European roots + cernere, to separate; see krei- in Indo-European roots.]
se′cret·ly adv.Synonyms: secret, stealthy, covert, clandestine, furtive, surreptitious, underhanded
These adjectives mean deliberately hidden from view or knowledge. Secret is the most general: The desk has a secret compartment. The spies conduct secret negotiations.
Stealthy suggests quiet, cautious deceptiveness intended to escape notice: "The males of each community formed temporary parties that regularly patrolled their borders and sometimes made stealthy incursions into the territory of their neighbors" (Jane Goodall).
Covert describes something that is concealed or disguised: Students protested the covert actions undertaken by the CIA.
Clandestine implies stealth and secrecy for the concealment of an often illegal or improper purpose: "The gold was becoming so routine that he'd stopped being clandestine about it" (Jennifer Egan).
Furtive suggests the slyness, shiftiness, and evasiveness of a thief: I took a furtive glance at the papers on the desk.
Something surreptitious is stealthy, furtive, and often unseemly or unethical: "She takes surreptitious sips from a flask in her bag as she waits in the cold" (Mary V. Dearborn).
Underhand implies unfairness, deceit, or slyness as well as secrecy: The politician achieved success by underhand methods.Thesaurus| Adv. | 1. | in secret - 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"on the Q.T., on the QT, secretly |
Translationssecret (ˈsiːkrit) adjective hidden from, unknown to, or not told to, other people. a secret agreement; He kept his illness secret from everybody. 秘密的 秘密的 noun1. something which is, or must be kept, secret. The date of their marriage is a secret; industrial secrets. 秘密 秘密2. a hidden explanation. I wish I knew the secret of her success. 秘訣 秘诀ˈsecrecy noun the state of being or the act of keeping secret. 秘密狀態，保密 秘密，保密 ˈsecretive (-tiv) adjective inclined to conceal one's activities, thoughts etc. secretive behaviour. 遮遮掩掩的 遮遮掩掩的，偷偷摸摸的 ˈsecretively adverb 遮遮掩掩地 遮遮掩掩地ˈsecretiveness noun 遮掩 遮掩ˈsecretly adverb in such a way that others do not know, see etc. He secretly copied the numbers down in his notebook. 秘密地 秘密地secret agent a spy. 特務 特务secret police a police force whose activities are kept secret and which is concerned mostly with political crimes. 秘密警察 秘密警察in secret secretly. This must all be done in secret. 暗地裡 暗地里keep a secret not to tell (something secret) to anyone else. You can't trust her to keep a secret. 保密 保密in secret
in secretAway from others; in private. We need to meet in secret so that the paparazzi don't see us together. You better speak to him in secret about that, instead of ambushing him in front of the whole staff.See also: secretin secretsecretly. They planned in secret to blow up the bridge. I will tell her in secret so no one else will hear.See also: secretin secretUnknown to others, privately. For example, They met in secret, or, as Shakespeare put it in Love's Labour's Lost (5:2): "One word in secret." [Second half of 1400s] See also: secret in secret Without others knowing.See also: secretin secret
Related to in secret: breathe in, OldboySynonyms for in secretadv in secrecySynonyms- on the Q.T.
- on the QT
- secretly
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