secretly
/ˈsiː.kɹɪt.li/
secretly adverb: in secret, covertly.
Adverb
secretly (not comparable)
- In secret, covertly.
- Mary cheated secretly in the test, and never got caught.
- Sometimes her prose hyperventilates ("Once, years ago, his and N.'s love for each other had glowed like phosphorescent fire on the surfaces of their bodies"), and she has a weakness for epiphanies ("There was a man, no longer young, though not yet old, who, traveling alone in northern Europe, began...1988 February 10, James Atlas, “DABBLING IN LOVE - NOT THE NICE KIND”, in The New York Times
secretly meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
secretly in Hindi
- in a secret manner
- चुपके cupke, छुपके chupke
secretly in Tamil
- மறைவாக, பிரார்த்தவகையில் மௌனமாக
secretly in Urdu
- اندر ہی اندر, چوری چوری, چپ چاپ, غائبانہ, خفیہ
secretly in Bengali
- গোপনে
More languagesFewer languages
- secretly in Telugu
- ఏకాంతముగా ēkāntamugā
- secretly in Malayalam
- പയ്യ payya
- secretly in Kannada
- ಒಳಗೆ oḷage
- secretly in Punjabi
- ਗੁਪਤ ਤੌਰ ਉੱਤੇ
- secretly in Gujarati
- ગુપ્તપણે
- secretly in Sanskrit
- सनुतर् sanutar
- secretly in Arabic
- سِرًّا sirran
Examples of secretly in a sentence
- He acted the angry parent, but was secretly amused.
- Many profess to despise what secretly they hunger after.
- Born and raised in Salem, he was admittedly an Oregonian through and through, though he secretly hated it.
Origin of secretly
From secret + -ly.
Questions about secretly
- What does secretly mean?
- Secretly means in secret, covertly.
- What is secretly in Hindi?
- Secretly in Hindi is चुपके (cupke), छुपके (chupke). See Secretly meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is secretly?
- Secretly is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce secretly?
- Secretly is pronounced /ˈsiː.kɹɪt.li/.
Words near secretly in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: secretly (page history and authors); secretly (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); secretly (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); secretly (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ఏకాంతముగా (Telugu) (page history and authors); പയ്യ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); ಒಳಗೆ (Kannada) (page history and authors); secretly (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); secretly (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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