Secretly

Definitions: Secretly

Secretly

Adverb

1. In secrecy; not openly; "met secretly to discuss the invasion plans"; "the children secretly went to the movies when they were supposed to be at the library"; "they arranged to meet in secret".

2. Not openly; inwardly; "they were secretly delighted at his embarrassment"; "hoped secretly she would change her mind".

Date "secretly" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references)

Synonyms: Secretly

Synonyms: in secret (adv), on the Q.T. (adv), on the QT (adv). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Concealment	Adverb: secretly; Adjective: in secret, in private, in one's sleeve, in holes and corners; in the dark; Adjective:
Latency Implication	Adverb: by a side wind; sub silentio; in the background; behind the scenes, behind one's back; on the tip of one's tongue; secretly; between the lines.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	You know one time I secretly wanted to be a writer. (The Philadelphia Story; writing credit: Donald Ogden Stewart. Based on the play by Philip Barry.) I mean, I know we all secretly hope the other one will trip and fall flat on her facebut oh wait a minute, I've already done that! (Miss Congeniality; writing credit: Marc Lawrence; Katie Ford) Two percent of everything people disregard, disbelieve and secretly hope is real. (The Invisible Man; writing credit: Craig Silverstein; Jonathan Glassner) Does he also make cheeseburgers and secretly harbor a desire to wear a backwards baseball cap? (Gilmore Girls; writing credit: Povl Erik Carstensen; Sebastian Dorset) Secretly, I think they want it more than we do. (That '70s Show; writing credit: Stacia Raymond)
Lyrics	But secretly you'd love to know what it's like (What It Feels Like For A Girl; performing artist: Madonna; writing credit: Madonna and Guy Sigsworth) That secretly she wanted him as well. (Sk8er Boi; performing artist: Avril Lavigne)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Arming Iraq: How the U.S. and Britain Secretly Built Saddam's War Machine (Northeastern Series in Transnational Crime) (reference) Bibliotheca arcana: seu, Catalogus librorum penetralium, being brief notices of books that have been secretly printed (reference) I Am Secretly an Important Man (reference) Love Comes Secretly [LARGE PRINT] (reference) My Heavenly Happys and My Secretly Sads (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Oil painting, probably depicting her arrival in the Bahamas in 1862. She had been purchased secretly in England and sent to the Bahamas for fitting out as a warship. This may explain the absence of visible armament on the ship.Credit: NAVY.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Quotation
Sir Philip Sidney	Open suspecting of others comes of secretly condemning ourselves.
Thomas Carlyle	The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Author	Date	Quotation
John Locke	1690	Two foundations there are which bear up public societies; the one a natural inclination, whereby all men desire sociable life and fellowship; the other an order, expresly or secretly agreed upon, touching the manner of their union in living together: the latter is that which we call the law of a common- weal, the very soul of a politic body, the parts whereof are by law animated, held together, and set on work in such actions as the common good requireth. (Second Treatise of Government)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	He did a multitude of good deeds as secretly as bad ones are usually done.
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man	Joyce, James	He beat his breast with his fist humbly, secretly under cover of the wooden armrest.
King Richard III	Shakespeare, William	I tell thee, fellow, He that doth naught with her, excepting one, Were best to do it secretly alone.
Grapes of Wrath	Steinbeck, John	He looked over secretly to see whether Joad was interested or amazed.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Civil Liberties	China	Frequently, bishops are consecrated, then later seek Papal approval of their consecrations, sometimes secretly, causing tensions between the Government and the Vatican. (references)
	China	In August Chengdu-based Internet activist Huang Qi was tried secretly and found guilty of "subverting state power." Huang had operated a site exposing corrupt practices and criticizing the June 4, 1989 Tiananmen massacre. (references)
Economic History	Czech Republic	The principal Czechoslovak reformers were forcibly and secretly taken to the Soviet Union. (references)
Human Rights	Cote d'Ivoire	The law provides for the right to public trial, although key evidence sometimes is given secretly. (references)
	Turkey	Unlike in previous years, there were no reports that Turkish citizens may have been kidnaped or secretly killed by Turkish Hizbullah. (references)
	Argentina	Lopez secretly had presented evidence on police corruption to the judiciary, but shortly thereafter his name appeared in the press and he began receiving death threats. (references)
Political Rights	Colombia	FARC leader Manuel Marulanda announced that the party would operate secretly. (references)
Worker Rights	United Kingdom	Dismissed strikers are able to claim unfair dismissal if fired within 8 weeks of when they first undertook a legal strike or "trade dispute." The law defines a "trade dispute" in great detail; in summary, a strike must be confined to workers and their own employers ("secondary boycotts" are illegal), the dispute must be wholly or mainly about employment-related matters (e.g., pay and conditions), workers must be properly and secretly balloted before striking (with notice to the employer), and mass picketing is prohibited. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	EAVESDROP, v.i. Secretly to overhear a catalogue of the crimes and vices of another or yourself. A lady with one of her ears applied To an open keyhole heard, inside, Two female gossips in converse free -- The subject engaging them was she. "I think," said one, "and my husband thinks That she's a prying, inquisitive minx!" As soon as no more of it she could hear The lady, indignant, removed her ear. "I will not stay," she said, with a pout, "To hear my character lied about!" Gopete Sherany
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Secretly" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 99.17% of the time. "Secretly" is used about 718 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)	99.17%	712	9,427
Noun (proper)	0.83%	6	143,867
Total	100.00%	718	N/A

Expressions using "secretly": ad secretly ♦ consult secretly ♦ observe secretly ♦ secretly spread. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "secretly": secretly-filmed.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "secretly"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		tinëzisht (stealthily, thievishly, underhand), tinëz (stealthily, underhand), në fshehtësi (confidentially, in strict confidence, privately), fshehurazi (behind the scenes, furtively, in secret, on the sly, underhand), fshehtas (behind one's back, underhand). (various references)

Arabic		‏في السر, ‏في الخفاء, ‏سرا (confidentially, in camera, in strict confidence, privately, stealthily, underground, underhandedly), ‏خفية (covertly, in secrecy, in strict confidence, surreptitiously). (various references)

Bulgarian		секретно, тайно (darkling, furtively, hugger mugger, in camera, in private, inwardly, on the quiet, on the sly, privately, privily, under the counter, under the rose, underground, underhand, underhanded), потайно (stealthily), подмолно (underground, underhand). (various references)

Chinese		秘密地 (Clandestinely), 暗自 (inwardly, to oneself), 暗地裡 (inwardly, on the sly), 暗暗 (inwardly), 偷偷 (covertly, on the sly, stealthily). (various references)

Czech		tiše (gently, hush, mum, noiselessly, quietly, silently), tajnì (by stealth, confidentially, furtively, in camera, in secret, inly, underhand). (various references)

Dutch		sluiks (clandestinely, stealthily), tersluiks (clandestinely, stealthily), in bedekte termen (clandestinely), heimelĳk (veiled), heimelýk (clandestinely, secret, veiled). (various references)

Esperanto		kaŝe (clandestinely). (various references)

Finnish		salaa (in secrecy, in secret, on the sly, surreptitiously), varkain (stealthily, surreptitiously). (various references)

French		secrètement (in secret), en secret (in secret), en cachette (in secret). (various references)

German		unterderhand (privately). (various references)

Greek		κρυφά (behind one's back, in secret, slinkingly), κρυφίωσ (stealthily, surreptitiously), μυστικώσ (privily), μυστικά (in secret, mistically). (various references)

Hebrew		חרש (coppice, deaf, deaf person, silently, thicket), בלאט (clandestinely), בחשאי (silently, under the rose), בסתר, בסו�" (in strict confidence). (various references)

Hungarian		titokzatosan (enigmatically, mysteriously), diszkréten (tactfully, unobtrusively). (various references)

Indonesian		membokong (attack from the rear), diam-diam (furtive, quietly). (various references)

Italian		copertamente (covertly, stealthily, under cover). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		窃かに (in secret), 秘かに (in secret), 暗暗裡 (gloomy, tacitly), 暗暗裏 (gloomy, tacitly), そぞろ歩き (all, altogether, be just like, entirely, softly, the splitting image of), �"そ泥 (because of this, besides, by doing, by means of, can, clicking, compact, drumming, dry, due to this, frightened, happens on occasions, hard, has occurred, hitch, in addition, it has been arrangedthat, it has been decidedthat, it is I who should say so, laboriously, lately, maybe, misspelling of "kon ni chi ha", moreover, perhaps, possibly, prejudice, puritanical, recently, regularToukai-line shinkansen, sneak-thief, sound of rapping, steadily, stealthily, such a thing happened, thanks to this, the other day, there are times when, through, to be able to, to be concerned about, to be particular about, to fuss over, to have done, to this extent, trouble, unflaggingly, untiringly, using, via), 心密かに (inwardly), 密かに (in secret), 密密 (privately). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		そっと (softly), ひそかに (in secret), �"っそり (stealthily), �"�"ろひそかに (inwardly), あ�"あ�"り (gloomy, tacitly), みつみつ (privately). (various references)

Korean		은밀하게 (Clandestinely, Confidentially, Covertly, furtively). (various references)

Manx		gyn yss (by stealth, clandestinely, covert, in secret, on the sly, surreptitious, surreptitiously, unadvised, unawares, unconsciously, unexpected), dy follit (doggo, in camera, underground). (various references)

Pig Latin		ecretlysay

Portuguese		secretamente (privately, underhand), em segredo (between you and me, hush hush). (various references)

Romanian		secret (arcanum, close, confidential, cover, covertly, hidden, hugger mugger, internal, mysterious, mystery, occult, private, privy, quiet, reticence, secrecy, secret, ulterior, underground, undisclosed, unspoken, untold), conspirativ (clandestine, conspiratorial, conspiring, illegal, secret, subversive, underground), clandestin (clandestine, clandestinely, furtive, furtively, hugger mugger, illicit, privy, secret, surreptitious, surreptitiously, underhand). (various references)

Russian		тайно (behind closed doors, furtively, hugger mugger, stealthily, surreptitiously, underhand), незаметно для других. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		tajno (backstage, hugger mugger, incognito, secret: in secret, sly: on the sly, stilly). (various references)

Spanish		secretamente. (various references)

Swedish		i hemlighet (furtively, in secret, secretively, surreptitiously, underhand). (various references)

Turkish		gizlice (by devious means, by stealth, clandestinely, confidentially, furtively, in privacy, in private, in secret, on the quiet, on the sly, sub rosa, under the counter, under the rose, underground), gizli olarak (backstage, in secret, off the record), gizli (arcane, back door, blind, camera, clandestine, classified, closet, concealed, confidential, covert, cryptic, cryptical, crypto-, disguised, esoteric, furtive, hidden, hole-and-corner, hugger mugger, huggermugger, hush hush, inner, intimate, latent, masked, occult, perdu, Perdue, private, privy, quiet, restricted, sealed, secluded, secret, slinky, sneaking, sneakingly, sneaky, snug, stealthy, sub rosa, submerged, submersed, subterranean, subterraneous, surreptitious, ulterior, under cover, underarm, undercover, underground, underhand, underhanded, undisclosed, unsearchable, unseen), el altından (by devious means, by stealth, clandestine, clandestinely, hole-and-corner, in secret, on the sly, slily, sub rosa, surreptitious, under the counter, under the rose, undercover, underhand, underhanded). (various references)

Ukranian		та�"мно (behind the back, hugger mugger, occultly, sub rosa, under hand, underground, underhand). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	abscondite, absconse, arcano, clam, latenter, occulte, secreto. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Proverbs Chapter 26, Verse 22
Latin	405	Vulgate	Verba susurronis quasi simplicia et ipsa perveniunt ad intima ventris
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	The wrdis of a groynere as simple; and thei comen thury to the inmostis of the herte.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	The words of a tale-bearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	The words of one who says evil of his neighbour secretly are like sweet food, they go down into the inner parts of the stomach.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Proverbs Chapter 26, Verse 22
Cebuano	Ang mga pulong sa usa ka witwitan maingon sa lamian nga mga hungit, Ug sila mosulod ngadto sa halalum uyamut nga mga bahin.
Croatian	Klevetnikove su rijeèi kao slastice: spuštaju se u dno utrobe.
Danish	Bagtalerens Ord er som Lækkerbidskener, de synker dybt i Legemets Kamre.
Dutch	De woorden des oorblazers zijn als dergenen, die geslagen zijn, en die dalen in het binnenste des buiks.
Finnish	Panettelijan puheet ovat kuin herkkupalat ja painuvat sisusten kammioihin asti.
French	Les paroles du rapporteur sont comme des friandises, Elles descendent jusqu`au fond des entrailles.
German	Die Worte des Verleumders sind wie Schläge, und sie gehen durchs Herz.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Fitnah itu enak rasanya; orang suka menelannya.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Adapun perkataan orang pengumpat itu seperti makanan yang sedap, maka masuklah ia itu dengan senang sampai ke dalam hati.
Italian	Le parole del sussurrone sono come ghiotti bocconi, esse scendono in fondo alle viscere.
Maori	He rite nga kupu a te kaikawekawe korero ki te maramara reka, tae tonu iho ki nga wahi o roto rawa o te kopu.
Norwegian	En øretuters ord er som velsmakende retter, og de trenger ned i hjertets indre.
Portuguese	As palavras do difamador são como bocados deliciosos, que descem ao íntimo do ventre.
Rumanian	Cuvintele clevetitorului sknt ca niwte prqjituri, alunecq pknq kn fundul mqruntaielor. -
Russian	уМПЧБ ОБХЫОЙЛБ--ЛБЛ МБЛПНУФЧБ, Й ПОЙ ЧИП�"СФ ЧП ЧОХФТЕООПУФШ ЮТЕЧБ.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Misspellings
	"Secretly" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: secretcy, Tsereteli. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "secretly" (pronounced sē"krutlē)
5	-r u t l ē	elaborately.
4	-u t l ē	accurately, adequately, affectionately, alternately, appropriately, approximately, commensurately, compassionately, definitely, deliberately, delicately, desperately, dispassionately, disproportionately, explicitly, exquisitely, fortunately, illicitly, immaculately, immediately, implicitly, inaccurately, inadequately, inappropriately, indefinitely, indiscriminately, infinitely, inordinately, intimately, intricately, legitimately, minutely, moderately, passionately, privately, proportionately, quietly, separately, tacitly, ultimately, unfortunately.
3	-t l ē	abruptly, absolutely, abundantly, accidently, acutely, adamantly, adroitly, apparently, aptly, ardently, arrogantly, astutely, blatantly, bluntly, brightly, brilliantly, coherently, competently, complacently, completely, concomitantly, concretely, concurrently, confidently, consequently, consistently, constantly, conveniently, correctly, costly, courtly, covertly, currently, curtly, decently, defiantly, deftly, devoutly, differently, difficultly, diligently, directly, discreetly, dishonestly, distinctly, earnestly, efficiently, elegantly, eloquently, eminently, evidently, exactly, excellently, expertly, extravagantly, exultantly, faintly, fervently, firstly, flagrantly, flamboyantly, flatly, fluently, forthrightly, fortnightly, fraudulently, frequently, gently, ghastly, ghostly, greatly, hesitantly, honestly, hotly, imminently, impatiently, imperfectly, importantly, imprudently, inadvertently, incessantly, incoherently, incompetently, incorrectly, independently, indignantly, indirectly, inefficiently, ineptly, infrequently, inherently, innately, innocently, insistently, instantly, insufficiently, intelligently, intently, intermittently, jointly, justly, knightly, lastly, lately, leniently, lightly, magnificently, manifestly, militantly, modestly, mostly, motley, neatly, negligently, nightly, nonchalantly, obediently, overtly, partly, patently, patiently, perfectly, permanently, persistently, pleasantly, poignantly, politely, portly, predominantly, presently, priestly, prominently, promptly, prudently, pungently, quaintly, raptly, recently, reluctantly, remotely, resolutely, reverently, rightly, robustly, saintly, shortly, significantly, silently, slightly, smartly, softly, sprightly, stately, steadfastly, stoutly, strictly, stridently, stringently, subsequently, succinctly, sufficiently, sweetly, swiftly, tightly, transparently, triumphantly, 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-e-l-r-s-t-y"
	-1 letter: clyster, erectly, restyle, tercels, tersely.
	-2 letters: celery, certes, creels, cresyl, elects, erects, lycees, relets, resect, secret, select, sleety, steely, streel, styler, tercel, terces, yester.
	-3 letters: celts, ceres, cetes, creel, crest, elect, erect, ester, eyers, eyres, leers, leery, leets, lycee, lyres, reels, reest, relet, reset, scree, seely, sleet, slyer, steel, steer, stele, stere, style.
	Words containing the letters "c-e-e-l-r-s-t-y"
	+2 letters: clerestory, discreetly, discretely.
	+3 letters: cyclometers, presciently, respectably, secretively.
	+4 letters: counterstyle, electrolyses, electrolysis, electrolytes, electrolyzes, electrotypes, esoterically, excrescently, glycerinates, heterocycles, indiscreetly, iridescently, phylacteries, respectfully, respectively, restrictedly.
	+5 letters: bacteriolyses, considerately, counterstyles, crestfallenly, descriptively, destructively, electrotypers, heterocyclics, methacrylates, perspectively, picturesquely, prospectively, recrystallize, reminiscently, resectability, restrictively, reticulocytes, stereotypical, tetracyclines, treacherously, triglycerides, viceroyalties.
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

53 65 63 72 65 74 6C 79

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

... . -.-. .-. . - .-.. -.--.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010011 01100101 01100011 01110010 01100101 01110100 01101100 01111001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#101 &#99 &#114 &#101 &#116 &#108 &#121

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 0065 0063 0072 0065 0074 006C 0079

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

Expression	Frequency per Day
secretly yours	16
secretly	12
secretly canadian	11
secretly yours.com	7
buy viagra secretly	5
escort secretly yours	5
lyrics secretly	4
chicago secretly yours	4
jennifer lopez lyrics secretly	3
amendment fourth husband murder secretly videotaping wife	3
secretly sub	2
computer done monitor secretly	2
secretly canadian record	2
anansie lyrics secretly skunk	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Secretly

Definitions: Secretly

Secretly

Adverb

Synonyms: Secretly

Synonyms within Context: Secretly

Concealment

Latency Implication

Crosswords: Secretly

Modern Usage: Secretly

Screenplays

Lyrics

Commercial Usage: Secretly

Books

Image Slideshow: Secretly

Illustrations:Secretly

Photo Album: Secretly

Familiar Quotations: Secretly

Sir Philip Sidney

Thomas Carlyle

Historic Usage: Secretly

John Locke

Use in Literature: Secretly

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

King Richard III

Shakespeare, William

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

Non-Fiction Usage: Secretly

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

Usage Frequency: Secretly

Expressions: Secretly

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Secretly

Modern Translations: Secretly

Albanian

Arabic

Bulgarian

Chinese

Czech

Dutch

Esperanto

Finnish

French

German

Greek

Hebrew

Hungarian

Indonesian

Italian

Japanese Kanji

Japanese Katakana

Korean

Manx

Pig Latin

Portuguese

Romanian

Russian

Serbo-Croatian

Spanish

Swedish

Turkish

Ukranian

Ancestral Language Translations: Secretly

Bible Trace: Secretly

Matched Bible Translations: Secretly

Misspellings: Secretly

Misspellings

Rhyming with "Secretly"

Anagrams: Secretly

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Alternative Orthography: Secretly

53 65 63 72 65 74 6C 79

... . -.-. .-. . - .-.. -.--.

01010011 01100101 01100011 01110010 01100101 01110100 01101100 01111001

&#83 &#101 &#99 &#114 &#101 &#116 &#108 &#121

0053 0065 0063 0072 0065 0074 006C 0079

Illustrations:
Secretly