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Definition: Covertly |
CovertlyAdverb1. In a covert manner; "he did it covertly". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "covertly" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
| Antonym: overtly (adv). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Covertly |
| English words defined with "covertly": closet ♦ secret, Stabbingly, sub rosa ♦ Tectly. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Vietnam | These forces--commonly known as the Viet Cong--aided covertly by the north, started an armed campaign against officials and villagers who refused to support the communist reunification cause. (references) |
Political Rights | Pakistan | However, several political parties did campaign covertly. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Covertly" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 99.00% of the time. "Covertly" is used about 100 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 99% | 99 | 32,870 |
| Noun (proper) | 1% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 100 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
covertly hypnotize | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "covertly"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Arabic | خفية (in secrecy, in strict confidence, secretly, surreptitiously). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 隐"地, 偷偷 (on the sly, secretly, stealthily). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | secrètement. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | heimliche (clandestinely, stealthy, underhandedly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | titokban (backstage, by stealth, furtively, hugger mugger, hugger-mugger, in a corner, in secret, inly, on the q. t., on the q.t., on the quiet, on the sly, privily, stealthily, surreptitiously, under the rose, under wraps), titkon (by stealth, cloaked, in hugger-mugger, stealthily), lopva (furtively, hugger-mugger, stealth, stealthily, surreptitiously). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | copertamente (secretly, stealthily, under cover). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 陰に陽に (implicitly and explicitly, openly and covertly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | い"にように (implicitly and explicitly, openly and covertly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Korean | 은밀하게 (Clandestinely, Confidentially, furtively, secretly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | overtlycay secret (arcanum, close, confidential, cover, hidden, hugger mugger, internal, mysterious, mystery, occult, private, privy, quiet, reticence, secrecy, secret, secretly, ulterior, underground, undisclosed, unspoken, untold). (various references) อย่างซ่อนเร้น. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | clam. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Covertly" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: coberly, Couvercle, coverly. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "covertly" (pronounced ku"vertlē) |
| 4 | -er t l ē | expertly. |
| 3 | -t l ē | abruptly, absolutely, abundantly, accidently, accurately, acutely, adamantly, adequately, adroitly, affectionately, alternately, apparently, appropriately, approximately, aptly, ardently, arrogantly, astutely, blatantly, bluntly, brightly, brilliantly, coherently, commensurately, compassionately, competently, complacently, completely, concomitantly, concretely, concurrently, confidently, consequently, consistently, constantly, conveniently, correctly, costly, courtly, currently, curtly, decently, defiantly, definitely, deftly, deliberately, delicately, desperately, devoutly, differently, difficultly, diligently, directly, discreetly, dishonestly, dispassionately, disproportionately, distinctly, earnestly, efficiently, elaborately, elegantly, eloquently, eminently, evidently, exactly, excellently, explicitly, exquisitely, extravagantly, exultantly, faintly, fervently, firstly, flagrantly, flamboyantly, flatly, fluently, forthrightly, fortnightly, fortunately, fraudulently, frequently, gently, ghastly, ghostly, greatly, hesitantly, honestly, hotly, illicitly, immaculately, immediately, imminently, impatiently, imperfectly, implicitly, importantly, imprudently, inaccurately, inadequately, inadvertently, inappropriately, incessantly, incoherently, incompetently, incorrectly, indefinitely, independently, indignantly, indirectly, indiscriminately, inefficiently, ineptly, infinitely, infrequently, inherently, innately, innocently, inordinately, insistently, instantly, insufficiently, intelligently, intently, intermittently, intimately, intricately, jointly, justly, knightly, lastly, lately, legitimately, leniently, lightly, magnificently, manifestly, militantly, minutely, moderately, modestly, mostly, motley, neatly, negligently, nightly, nonchalantly, obediently, overtly, partly, passionately, patently, patiently, perfectly, permanently, persistently, pleasantly, poignantly, politely, portly, predominantly, presently, priestly, privately, prominently, promptly, proportionately, prudently, pungently, quaintly, quietly, raptly, recently, reluctantly, remotely, resolutely, reverently, rightly, robustly, saintly, secretly, separately, shortly, significantly, silently, slightly, smartly, softly, sprightly, stately, steadfastly, stoutly, strictly, stridently, stringently, subsequently, succinctly, sufficiently, sweetly, swiftly, tacitly, tightly, transparently, triumphantly, ultimately, unfortunately, unjustly, unpleasantly, unsightly, urgently, valiantly, vastly, vehemently, violently, virulently, Whitely. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-l-o-r-t-v-y" | |
-1 letter: overtly. | |
-2 letters: clover, colter, corvet, covert, lector, overly, revolt, vector, volery. | |
-3 letters: ceorl, clove, cover, covet, covey, coyer, lover, octyl, overt, recto, toyer, trove, volte, voter. | |
-4 letters: celt, cero, clot, cloy, cole, colt, coly, core, cory, cote, cove, levo, levy, lore, lory, love, lyre, orle, over, oyer, rely, role, rote, rotl, rove, ryot, tole. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-l-o-r-t-v-y" | |
+3 letters: convertibly, valedictory, vectorially, viceroyalty. | |
+4 letters: correctively, corruptively, decoratively, productively, projectively, protectively. | |
+5 letters: comparatively, contrastively, cooperatively, correlatively, hypervelocity, inconvertibly, obstructively, prospectively, provocatively, radioactively, retroactively, viceroyalties. | |
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