covertly
covertly adverb: in a covert manner, secretly.
Adverb
covertly (comparative more covertly, superlative most covertly)
- In a covert manner, secretly.
- Only a little removed from the predatory oafdom of male adolescence, he is suspicious of Christian and covertly protective of Cher's person and future.1999, Barbara Tepa Lupack, Nineteenth-Century Women at the Movies, page 123
- Shimon’s interestingly stereotypical role as a conformist, but in reality covertly resistant, dominand […] is accentuated in the second half of the story[.]2009, Seth Schwartz, Were the Jews a Mediterranean Society?, page 134
covertly meaning in Tamil
covertly in Tamil
- மூடுடை
Examples of covertly in a sentence
- Russian SPETSNAZ are irregular forces that operate covertly, providing the Russian government plausible deniability.
- What if we are already under investigation from someone covertly talking with the cops?
- More recently it has been referred to covertly as May 35th.
Forms of covertly
| comparative | more covertly |
|---|---|
| superlative | most covertly |
Origin of covertly
From Middle English covertli, equivalent to covert + -ly.
Questions about covertly
- What does covertly mean?
- Covertly means in a covert manner, secretly.
- What is covertly in Tamil?
- Covertly in Tamil is மூடுடை. See Covertly meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is covertly?
- Covertly is an adverb.
Words near covertly in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: covertly (page history and authors); covertly (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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