Secretively

Definition: Secretively

Secretively

Adverb

1. In a secretive manner; with a preference for secrecy; "the teacher raised a hand to him, slightly and secretively, because he was her favorite".

Usage Frequency: Secretively

"Secretively" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Secretively" is used about 13 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)

Modern Translations: Secretively

Language		Translations for "secretively"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
German		geheimnisvoll (arcane, cryptic, furtive, mysterious, mysteriously, mystic, mystical, mysticly, occult, secretive). (various references)

Pig Latin		ecretivelysay

Russian		скрытно (secretly, subterraneously). (various references)

Swedish		i hemlighet (furtively, in secret, secretly, surreptitiously, underhand), hemlighetsfullt. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: Secretively

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-e-e-e-i-l-r-s-t-v-y"
	-2 letters: cleveites, cleverest, electives, restively, secretive, selective.
	-3 letters: celeries, celerity, cleveite, elective, erectile, erective, evictees, leeriest, leverets, receives, reelects, relieves, reticles, sclerite, secretly, severely, severity, sleetier, steelier, televise, tiercels, triscele, versicle, vertices.
	-4 letters: ceilers, celeste, cerites, clerisy, clivers, clyster, eeliest, eeriest, erectly, evictee, evilest, eyelets, leister, leveret, leviers, lievest, livyers, receive, recites, reelect, releves.
	Words containing the letters "c-e-e-e-i-l-r-s-t-v-y"
	+1 letter: respectively.
	+2 letters: perspectively.
	+4 letters: hypervelocities, retrospectively.
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