1. Designed and carried out secretly or confidentially
   "a sub-rosa report"
   - under-the-table, behind-the-scenes

1. In secret or covertly
   "held a meeting sub rosa to avoid general criticism"

See also: covert

Encyclopedia: Sub rosa

• purple-veined
• purple-white
• purpleness
• purplish
• purplish pink
• purplish-black
• purplish-blue
• purplish-brown
• purplish-green
• purplish-lilac
• purplish-red
• purplish-white
• purport
• purportedly
• purpose
• purpose-built
• purpose-made
• purposeful
• purposefully
• purposefulness
• purposeless
• purposelessly
• purposelessness
• purposely
• purposive